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 | |
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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]
References
- ↑ "AirDisaster.Com " Accident Database " Accident Synopsis " 07241992".
- 1 2 3 Roach/Eastwood 1990, p. 396
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