| Date: | Saturday 1 January 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GDE |
| MSN: | 19719 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 120 km S of Palembang -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT) |
| Palembang Airport (PLM/WIPP) |
Two Garuda Douglas C-47 aircraft collided and crashed about 120 km south of Palembang, Indonesia. All 17 occupants on board each aircraft were killed.
Both aircraft had departed Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport for Palembang with one departing four minutes after the other.
Sources:
De Telegraaf 3-1-1966
Het vr?e volk 3-1-1966
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