| Date: | Monday 25 June 2018 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Trigana Air Service |
| Registration: | PK-YRU |
| MSN: | 685 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Kenyam Airstrip -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Wamena Airport (WMX/WAJW) |
| Kenyam Airstrip |
After landing, the plane was shot at by Papua separatists. The airframe sustained bullet holes. The captain was injured as a result of a gunshot.
The aircraft carried 18 personnel who were to be deployed to guard a local election to be held on June 27, 2018.
This was the second such incident in three days time.
Sources:
Antara
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 June 2007 | PK-YRU | Trigana Air Service | 0 | Mulia Airport (LII) | |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 20 February 2009 | PK-YRU | Trigana Air Service | 0 | Beoga Airstrip, Timika, Papua | |
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| 2 December 2010 | PK-YRU | Trigana Air Service | 0 | Jayapura-Sentani Airport (DJJ/WAJJ) | |
min |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
| 17 December 2014 | PK-YRU | Trigana Air Service | 0 | Ilaga Airport (ILA/WABL) | |
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| 11 January 2015 | PK-YRU | Trigana Air Service | 0 | Enarotali Airport (EWI) | |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 23 January 2023 | PK-SMS | SAM Air | 0 | Beoga Airstrip | |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 18 June 2023 | PK-SMS | SAM Air | 0 | Ambon-Pattimura Airport (AMQ/WAPP) | |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 2 January 2024 | PK-SMS | SAM Air | 0 | Ilaga Airport (WAYL) Papua | |
unk |
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