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| Date: | Tuesday 7 February 2023 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter |
| Owner/operator: | Susi Air |
| Registration: | PK-BVY |
| MSN: | 973 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Paro Airport -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Timika-Moses Kilangin (Tembagapura) Airport (TIM/WAYY) |
| Paro Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter was set afire by Papua freedom fighters.
Not only holding a pilot and five passengers hostage, Egianus' troops also burned a Susi Air plane with registration number PK-BVY at the airfield in Paro district, Nduga Regency, Papua Mountains.
Sources:
https://www.idntimes.com/news/indonesia/irfanfathurohman/kkb-akui-bakar-pesawat-susi-air-pilot-jadi-sandera-kami
Bj.2010. ex.HB-FNS.
https://en.tempo.co/read/1689395/hostage-taker-demands-release-of-papua-after-kidnapping-pilot-and-passengers-of-susi-air
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 March 2021 | PK-BVY | Susi Air | 0 | Wangbe Airfield, Wangbe District, Puncak Regency, Papua | |
non |
Media:
Kelompok kriminal bersenjata pimpinan egianus kogoya diduga membakar pesawat Susi Air dengan nomor registrasi PK-BVY di Lapangan Terbang Paro, Kabupaten Nduga, Papua. Kondisi pilot dan lima penumpang belum diketahui hingga kini. pic.twitter.com/TDJFcqms1r
— Waropen Tanah Bakau (@kotabotawa) February 7, 2023
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