Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 NOV 1994 |
| Time: | 11:40 |
| Type: |  IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander |
| Operator: | Southwest Air |
| Registration: | P2-SWC |
| C/n / msn: | 835 |
| First flight: | 1977-03-17 (17 years 8 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 54 km (33.8 mls) ESE of Tabubil (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Selbang Airport (SBC), Papua New Guinea |
| Bolovip Airport (BVP), Papua New Guinea |
Crashed into mountain in poor weather.
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
» Scramble
» WAAS
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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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 Selbang Airport to Bolovip Airport as the crow flies is 12 km (7 miles).
Distance from Selbang Airport to Bolovip Airport as the crow flies is 12 km (7 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.
