Détails:
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.
» PNG Independent Online
» Post Courier
» The Age
» Tommy Maurer
accident date: 17-06-1999
type: Embraer 110P2 Bandeirante
registration: VH-WDF
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | jeudi 17 juin 1999 |
| Heure: | 08:52 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante |
| Compagnie: | Airlink |
| Immatriculation: | P2-ALX |
| Numéro de série: | 110210 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1979 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 15 / à bord: 15 |
| Total: | victimes: 17 / à bord: 17 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 20 km (12.5 milles) ESE of Goroka ( Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée)
|
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Lae-Nadzab Airport (LAE/AYNZ), Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée |
| Goroka Airport (GKA/AYGA), Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée |
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.
Sources:
» bsmith@octa4.net.au» PNG Independent Online
» Post Courier
» The Age
» Tommy Maurer
Photos
accident date: 17-06-1999
type: Embraer 110P2 Bandeirante
registration: VH-WDF
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Lae-Nadzab Airport et Goroka Airport est de 156 km (98 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
La distance entre Lae-Nadzab Airport et Goroka Airport est de 156 km (98 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
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