Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 JUL 1993 |
| Type: | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 3000 |
| Operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-GFU |
| C/n / msn: | 11131 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 39 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 41 / Occupants: 43 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sorong-Jefman Airport (SOQ) (Indonesia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Ambon-Pattimura Airport (AMQ/WAPP), Indonesia |
| Sorong-Jefman Airport (SOQ/WASS), Indonesia |
The aircraft crashed onto a rocky beach.
Events:
Sources:
» Scramble 170
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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 Ambon-Pattimura Airport to Sorong-Jefman Airport as the crow flies is 455 km (285 miles).
Distance from Ambon-Pattimura Airport to Sorong-Jefman Airport as the crow flies is 455 km (285 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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