Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
Coordinates: 3 ° 15 ′ 53 " N , 98 ° 40 ′ 48" E
| Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 | |
|---|---|
 Airbus A300 from Garuda Indonesia |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | controlled flight into the terrain |
| place | near Medan , Sumatra Utara , Indonesia |
| date | September 26, 1997 |
| Fatalities | 234 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A300B4-220 |
| operator | Garuda Indonesia |
| Mark | PK-GAI |
| Passengers | 222 |
| crew | 12 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
Garuda Indonesia flight 152 was a national scheduled flight of the Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia from Jakarta to Medan , Sumatra , on which an Airbus A300 was flown into a mountain near Medan on September 26, 1997.
The Airbus A300B4-220 with the aircraft registration PK-GAI was flown into a forest area about 29 km from the destination airport when visibility was poor. All 234 people on board were killed in the accident.
The crash was the 1997 aviation accident with the highest number of fatalities and the worst ever in Indonesian aviation .
Starting position
Garuda Indonesia flight 152 was approaching Medan Polonia airport from Jakarta and received course instructions from air traffic control for an ILS approach to runway 05. Due to forest fires in the region, visibility was poor with visibility of only 600 to 800 meters .
The captain had worked for Garuda Indonesia for more than 20 years and had more than 12,000 hours of flight experience.
the accident
At around 1.30 p.m. local time , there was a misunderstanding between the pilots and air traffic control as to whether the pilots should make a left or a right turn. A few seconds later the Airbus grazed the treetops and crashed 18 km from Medan, near the village of Pancur Batu, which is almost 1000 m above sea level.
media
- Crash on Sumatra. Mayday - Alarm in the Cockpit Season 17, Episode 5.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ Indonesian plane crashes in smog area, 234 die. Hurriyet Daily News, accessed May 7, 2013 .
- ↑ AirDisaster.Com: Accident Photo: Garuda Indonesia 152 - Airbus A300 PK-GAI. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 15, 2014 ; accessed on May 7, 2013 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Indonesian Garuda Airlines A-300 Airbus carrying 234 people crashed. (No longer available online.) Major Commercial Airline Disasters, archived from the original on September 23, 2012 ; accessed on May 7, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
