Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 SEP 1997 |
| Time: | 13:34 |
| Type: | Airbus A300B4-220 |
| Operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GAI |
| C/n / msn: | 214 |
| First flight: | 1982-10-06 (14 years 12 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-59A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 222 / Occupants: 222 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 234 / Occupants: 234 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 32 km (20 mls) S of Medan-Polonia Airport (MES) (Indonesia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII), Indonesia |
| Medan-Polonia Airport (MES/WIMM), Indonesia | |
| Flightnumber: | 152 |
Flight GA152 (Jakarta-Medan) was cleared for an ILS approach to Medan runway 05 and was flying on a 316deg heading on Airway 585/W12. Having descended to 3000 feet the crew were instructed to turn left heading 240deg for vectoring to intercept the runway 05 ILS. At 13:28 the flight was instructed to continue on a 215deg heading and descend to 2000 feet. At 13:30 ATC directed the flight to turn right heading 046 and report when establishing the localizer. Confusion on the part of the air traffic controller followed over whether GA152 was turning left or right. Just 10 seconds after confirming the right turn, the Airbus crashed in a wooded area, broke up and burst into flames. The wreckage covered a 150x75m area near the village of Pancur Batu, which is located at 900-1000m amsl.
The region was affected by smog from forest fires; visibility was reported to be 600-800m.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 06.10.1997 (40-41)
» Flight International 8-14.10.1997 (10)
» Kompas
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Medan-Polonia Airport as the crow flies is 1389 km (868 miles).
Distance from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Medan-Polonia Airport as the crow flies is 1389 km (868 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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