Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 JAN 1966 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GDU |
| C/n / msn: | 13463 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Palembang (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta (unknown airport), Indonesia |
| Palembang Airport (PLM/WIPP), Indonesia |
Two Garuda C-47 aircraft collided while approaching Palembang and crashed into a swamp.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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