Mandala Airlines Flight 660
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]
 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 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 July 1992 |
| Summary | Microburst-induced wind shear, pilot error |
| Site | Mt. Lalaboy, Indonesia |
| Aircraft | |
| 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 |
| Passengers | 63 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 70 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 816 serial number 434, which first flew on 8 June 1959.[2] It was delivered on 17 June 1959 to Trans Australia Airlines and named McDouall Stuart after an Australian explorer.[2] By 1974 it had been bought by Mandala Airlines with the registration PK-RVU and name Nias.[2]
References
- "AirDisaster.Com " Accident Database " Accident Synopsis " 07241992". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- Roach/Eastwood 1990, p. 396
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.