Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968 information
2011 aviation accident
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968
A Xian MA60 of Merpati Nusantara Airlines similar to the one involved
Accident
Date
7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)
Summary
Crashed into the sea during go-around due to pilot error
Site
Off the coast near Utarom Airport, Kaimana, Indonesia 03°39′08″S133°41′15″E / 3.65222°S 133.68750°E / -3.65222; 133.68750
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Xian MA60
Operator
Merpati Nusantara Airlines
IATA flight No.
MZ8968
ICAO flight No.
MNA8968
Call sign
Merpati 8968
Registration
PK-MZK
Flight origin
Domine Eduard Osok Airport, Sorong, Indonesia
Stopover
Utarom Airport, Kaimana, Indonesia
Destination
Nabire Airport, Nabire, Indonesia
Occupants
25
Passengers
21
Crew
4
Fatalities
25
Survivors
0
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968 (MZ8968/MNA8968) was a passenger flight which crashed off the coast of the Indonesian province of West Papua on 7 May 2011. The aircraft involved, a Xian MA60, was operating Merpati Nusantara Airlines' scheduled domestic service from Sorong to Kaimana, both in West Papua. It crashed into the sea while on approach to Kaimana in heavy rain condition, about 800 metres (2,600 ft) before the runway. All 25 people on board the aircraft perished. It was the first fatal crash of the Xian MA60 aircraft.[1][2][3][4]
The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee concluded that the crash was caused by pilot error. During the approach, both pilots were struggling to see the airport due to adverse weather in the area and eventually initiated a go around procedure. However, they did not pay enough attention to the bank angle of the aircraft as both of them were looking out of the window. The lack of situational awareness eventually caused the Xian MA60 to overbank and it subsequently plunged into the sea.[5]
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^Aircraft Accident Investigation Report, PT. Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Xi 'An Aircraft Industry MA60; PK-MZK, Utarom Airport, Kaimana - Papua Barat, Republic of Indonesia, 07 May 2011 (PDF) (Report). National Transportation Safety Committee. May 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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