| Date: | Tuesday 10 January 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-NUK |
| MSN: | 390 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Molo Strait -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bima Airport (BMU/WADB) |
| Ruteng Airport (RTG/WATG) |
The Twin Otter "Sangihe" went missing in bad weather whilst operating on a flight (MZ 6715) from Bima to Ruteng. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the sea.
Sources:
Scramble 189(64)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 1992 | PK-NUK | Merpati Nusantara Airlines | 0 | Labuan Bajo-Mutiara Airport (LBJ) | |
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