A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fokker F28 Fellowship similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident
Date
1 July 1993
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site
Near Jefman Airport, Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Fokker F28 Fellowship
Operator
Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Registration
PK-GFU
Flight origin
Pattimura Airport, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Destination
Jefman Airport, Sorong, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Occupants
43
Passengers
39
Crew
4
Fatalities
41
Injuries
2
Survivors
2
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (MZ724/MNA724) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines from Pattimura Airport in Maluku's provincial capital Ambon to Jefman Airport in Sorong, Irian Jaya (currently West Papua); both in Indonesia. On 1 July 1993, the aircraft operating the flight, a Fokker F28 Fellowship 3000 registered as PK-GFU, crashed into the sea after it struck a small hill near Jefman Airport. Forty-one people were killed in the crash.[1][2]
The crash was the deadliest in Merpati Nusantara Airlines' history. Investigators concluded that the pilot of the aircraft unintentionally flew into high terrain. Subsequent damage caused the aircraft to crash into the sea off Jefman Airport.[1]
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