Narrative:
Ditched in bad weather.
accident date: 06-02-1987
type: Embraer 110P2 Bandeirante
registration: P2-RDM
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 6 February 1987 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante |
| Operator: | Talair |
| Registration: | P2-RDM |
| MSN: | 110262 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off eastern coast ( Papua New Guinea)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rabaul-Lakunai Airfield (RAB/AYRB), Papua New Guinea |
| Hoskins Airport (HKN/AYHK), Papua New Guinea |
Ditched in bad weather.
Classification:
Ditching
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 244Photos
accident date: 06-02-1987
type: Embraer 110P2 Bandeirante
registration: P2-RDM
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 Rabaul-Lakunai Airfield to Hoskins Airport as the crow flies is 240 km (150 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Rabaul-Lakunai Airfield to Hoskins Airport as the crow flies is 240 km (150 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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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Embraer EMB-110
- 500 built
- 33rd loss
- 23rd fatal accident
- 9th worst accident (at the time)
- 17th worst accident (currently)
Papua New Guinea- 14th worst accident (at the time)
- 19th worst accident (currently)
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