Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
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| IATA code : | BO |
| ICAO code : | BOU |
| Call sign : | BOURAQ |
| Founding: | 1970 |
| Operation stopped: | 2005 |
| Seat: | Jakarta |
| Home airport : | Soekarno-Hatta Airport |
| Fleet size: | 13 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Bouraq Indonesia Airlines ceased operations in 2005. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Bouraq Indonesia Airlines was a private airline founded in mid-1970.
history
From 1970 Bouraq flew with three Douglas DC-3s from Jakarta to Banjarmasin , Balikpapan and Surabaya . NAMC YS-11 aircraft joined the fleet from 1971. In 1972 Bouraq received their first Hawker-Siddeley HS 748 . This type of aircraft proved optimal for the needs of society and was used until 2001. In 1973 Bouraq founded the subsidiary Nusantara Air Service , which from 1974 operated regional scheduled flights under the name Bali Air with aircraft of the type Britten-Norman Islander . From November 1978 Bouraq sat briefly two leased jet aircraft of the type Boeing 707 a. From 1993, used Boeing 737-200s added to the fleet. We worked closely with Philippine Airlines .
Bouraq Indonesia Airlines had to cease operations in July 2005 due to financial problems.
aims
The company flew national scheduled flights from Jakarta to the islands of Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, Bali and Tenggara Islands. In international air traffic, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines were served.
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
At the time of operation, the company's fleet consisted of 12 Boeing 737-200s and one McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82 ).
Previously deployed aircraft
- Boeing 707-120 and 707-138
- Douglas DC-3
- Fokker F28-4000
- Hawker-Siddeley HS 748 Series 2A and 2B
- IPTN 212-100
- NAMC YS-11
- Vickers Viscount 800
Incidents
From 1976 until the end of operations in 2005, Bouraq Indonesia Airlines suffered 11 total aircraft losses. 62 people were killed in 3 of them. Examples:
- On August 26, 1980, a Vickers Viscount 812 of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines ( aircraft registration number PK-IVS ) crashed about 26 kilometers northeast of the destination Jakarta-Kemayoran airport after a complete loss of control . The machine was leased from the Taiwanese Far Eastern Air Transport . The cause was the breaking off of the right elevator, caused by the breakage of the centering pin of the right Flettner rudder . This had exceeded its permissible flight hour limit of 12,000 hours by 21,000 hours, almost twice as much. All 37 occupants (6 crew members and 31 passengers) were killed as a result of this maintenance error (see also the flight accident involving Bouraq Indonesia Airlines in 1980 ) .
- On July 4, 1988, a Vickers Viscount 843 of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (PK-IVW) landed with a tailwind on the wet runway at Balikpapan Airport . After touchdown, the nose and right main landing gear collapsed. The machine was damaged beyond repair. All 76 occupants survived the accident.
- On September 26, 1994 (according to other information on November 26) a Viscount 843 of the Indonesian Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (PK-IVU) was badly damaged when landing at Pontianak airport . The two pilots (the only occupants) survived. After a transfer flight to Jakarta-Cengkareng Airport , the aircraft was decommissioned there as irreparable.
See also
Web links
- www.bouraq.com former website ( memento of 7 July 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Bouraq Indonesia Airlines on planespotters.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Accident Statistics Bouraq Indonesia Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2018.
- ↑ Accident report Viscount 800 PK-IVS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2018.
- ↑ Accident report Viscount 800 PK-IVW , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 9, 2019.
- ↑ planespotters: Viscount 800 PK-RVU (English), accessed on February 9, 2019.
