Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 JAN 1993 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-748-234 Srs. 2 |
| Operator: | Bouraq Indonesia Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-IHE |
| C/n / msn: | 1620 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 39 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 44 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2 km (1.3 mls) from Surabaya Airport (SUB) (Indonesia)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Surabaya Airport (SUB/WARR), Indonesia |
| Banjarmasin-Sjamsudin Noor Airport (BDJ/WAOO), Indonesia |
Returned to the airport following no. 2 engine problems. The aircraft crashed in a swamp, broke in two and caught fire.
Sources:
» Flight International 20-26.1.93 (9)
» Scramble 165
» San Jose Mercury News, 10-1-1993
Photos
PK-IHE pictured here on the delivery flight from LAN Chile to Indonesia.
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Surabaya Airport to Banjarmasin-Sjamsudin Noor Airport as the crow flies is 487 km (305 miles).
Distance from Surabaya Airport to Banjarmasin-Sjamsudin Noor Airport as the crow flies is 487 km (305 miles).
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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