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| Date: | Saturday 8 January 1972 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Ujung Berung, Bandung, Jawa Berat -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed on a mountain slope in the dense jungle of West Java, eight miles east of Bandung, on a night flight exercise, after circling at low altitude. Six crew and 15 Air Cadets. Type as "Dakota...C-47" in all press reports.
Note: Skyvan T-703 noted as "w/o 19 DEC 1972".
Sources:
The Straits Times 10 January 1972, p1
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes/19720110-1.1.1
La Stampa 10 January 1972, p5
Tribune (Sydney) 12 January 1972, p5 (UPI)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2019 21:07 | TB | Added |
| 28-Feb-2019 20:15 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Feb-2019 21:50 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Mar-2019 14:12 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2019 12:36 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 24-Jan-2020 09:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2022 15:58 | PolandMoment | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:04 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jul-2023 00:41 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 28-Sep-2023 19:09 | TB | Updated |
| 13-Oct-2023 07:02 | TB | Updated |
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