1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash information
Aviation accident
1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash
A Viscount 701 of Cambrian Airways, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date
10 November 1971 (1971-11-10)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain
Site
Off Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Vickers Viscount 828
Aircraft name
Sabang
Operator
Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Registration
PK-MVS
Flight origin
Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia
Destination
Tabing Airport, Padang, Indonesia
Occupants
69
Passengers
62
Crew
7
Fatalities
69
Survivors
0
On 10 November 1971, a Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount, registration PK-MVS, crashed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, after telling air traffic controllers they could not make their destination due to bad weather. All 69 people aboard the aircraft were killed in the crash.
It remains the third worst Vickers Viscount accident.[1]
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