Date:	Thursday 17 June 1999
Time:	08:52
Type:	Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante
Owner/operator:	Airlink
Registration:	P2-ALX
MSN:	110210
Year of manufacture:	1979
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	20 km ESE of Goroka -   Papua New Guinea
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Lae-Nadzab Airport (LAE/AYNZ)
Destination airport:	Goroka Airport (GKA/AYGA)

Narrative:
The Airlink Bandeirante departed Nadzab at 08:20 for a flight to Goroka.
While descending for Goroka at 08:52 the aircraft crashed. The wreck was spotted by a helicopter at about 11:00 at an altitude of 8500 feet.
This is the second fatal crash involving Airlink in less than a year. In January 1999, a Britten Norman Islander crashed soon after takeoff from Hoskins killing all 11 people on board.

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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Sydney-Kingsford Smith Airport, NSW (SYD); May 1990

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