Mandala Airlines Flight 660

Mandala Airlines Flight 660

A similar type of aircraft involved. The aircraft involved in the accident could be seen behind the plane in the foreground while still in operation with Trans Australia Airlines
Accident summary
Date 24 July 1992
Summary Microburst-induced wind shear, Pilot error
Site Mt. Lalaboy, Indonesia
Passengers 63
Crew 7
Fatalities 70 (all)
Aircraft type Vickers Viscount 816
Aircraft name Nias
Operator Mandala Airlines
Registration PK-RVU
Flight origin Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar, Indonesia
Destination Pattimura Airport, Ambon, Indonesia

Mandala Airlines Flight 660 was a scheduled passenger flight on 24 July 1992 which crashed in Indonesia into a mountain on Ambon Island as it attempted to land at Pattimura Airport in a heavy thunderstorm. Pilot error and windshear were blamed for the crash.[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 816 serial number 434, which was built at Hurn Airport in the United Kingdom and first flew on 8 June 1959.[2] It was delivered new on 17 June 1959 to Trans Australia Airlines and named McDouall Stuart after an Australian explorer.[2] By 1975 it had been bought by Mandala Airlines with the registration PK-RVU and name Nias.[2]

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