Merpati Nusantara Airlines

Merpati Nusantara Airlines
IATA code :	MZ
ICAO code :	MNA
Call sign :	MERPATI
Founding:	1962
Operation stopped:	2014
Seat:	Jakarta , Indonesia
Home airport :	Jakarta / Soekarno-Hatta Airport
Management:	Cucuk Suryosuprojo
Fleet size:	30th
Aims:	National and international
Merpati Nusantara Airlines ceased operations in 2014. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Merpati Nusantara Airlines was an Indonesian airline based in Jakarta that ceased operations in 2014.

history

The airline was founded on September 6, 1962 as the second national airline. Until 2001, the largest Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia also belonged to the parent company Merpati Nusantara, which is 100 percent owned by the Indonesian state. Then the two companies were separated. Merpati Nusantara Airlines and 50 other Indonesian airlines (as of July 2007) were added to the EU blacklist , so that all of their aircraft are banned from landing in the EU. In February 2014, the airline had to stop all flights due to a lack of liquidity.

Destinations

The airline flew to all large and many small Indonesian cities. She also offered international services to Darwin in Australia and Dili in East Timor .

fleet

A Xi'an MA60 operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines

As of July 2013, the Merpati Nusantara Airlines fleet consisted of 30 aircraft:

• 05 Boeing 737-300 (1 decommissioned)
• 04 Boeing 737-400
• 01 Boeing 737-500 (decommissioned)
• 02 CASA C-212
• 05 de Havilland Canada DHC-6
• 13 Xi'an MA60 (4 closed)

Incidents

At Merpati Nusantara Airlines there were 33 total write-offs of aircraft between 1971 and the end of operations in 2014. In 21 of them, 321 people were killed. Examples:

• On November 10, 1971, a Vickers Viscount 828 of Merpati Nusantara Airlines ( aircraft registration PK-MVS ) crashed into the sea while approaching Padang-Tabing Airport (West Sumatra province ) south of the city. The cause could not be clarified. All 69 people on board (7 crew members and 62 passengers) were killed, which is the second highest number of fatalities in accidents on the Viscount.

• On December 30, 1987, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (PK-NUY) crashed on the flight from Samarinda Airport to Tanjung Redep / Berau-Kalimaru Airport. All 17 occupants, 3 crew members and 14 passengers were killed.

• On June 18, 1988 one fell shortly before landing Vickers Viscount 828 of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (PK-MVG) at Medan-Polonia from the hydraulics. The hardly controllable aircraft rolled down to the right of the runway and was badly damaged. All 48 occupants survived the accident. After a transfer flight to Jakarta-Cengkareng , an economic total loss was determined.

• On September 15, 1989, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (PK-NUE) crashed on the approach from Manokwari to Bintuni . All 22 occupants, 3 crew members and 19 passengers were killed.

• On July 1, 1993, a Fokker F28-3000 of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (PK-GFU) , which had taken off from Pattimura Airport , was flown into a rocky beach section 900 meters from the runway during the approach to Sorong Airport in heavy rain ( controlled flight into terrain ). There were 39 passengers and 4 crew members on board. Only two passengers survived the accident (see also Merpati Nusantara Airlines flight 724 ) .

• On November 30, 1994, a Fokker F28-4000 of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (PK-GKU) , which had taken off from Jakarta , touched down late in heavy rain when landing at Semarang Airport , rolled over the runway and fell into a ditch the fuselage broke into three parts. All 85 people on board survived the accident.

• On August 2, 2009 a DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (PK-NVC) with 12 passengers and 3 crew members on board was flown into a mountain on the flight from Jayapura to Oksibil (Indonesia). Since the locator beacon (Emergency Locator Transmitter) was broken, the wreckage of the plane was discovered after two-day search about 40 kilometers from Oksibil away on a mountain slope at an altitude of about 2800 meters. In this CFIT ( Controlled Flight into Terrain ) all 15 occupants were killed.

• On April 13, 2010 a Boeing 737-300 of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (PK-MDE) rolled over the end of the runway in Manokwari ( Papua Barat , Indonesia) into a river on the flight from Sorong with 25 passengers and 2 crew members and broke in the middle. 20 passengers were injured, one seriously, two life-threatening.

• On May 7, 2011, a Xi'an MA60 (PK-MZK) on the flight from Sorong to Kaimana with 21 passengers and 4 crew members on board crashed into the sea off Kaimana. When approaching runway 19, the aircraft hit the water around 04:45 UTC about 500 m before reaching the runway. None of the 25 inmates survived the crash. The visibility in haze and rain was significantly less than 2000 m.

See also

• Former Airlines List (Asia)
• List of airlines banned from operating in the European Union

Web links

Commons : Merpati Nusantara Airlines  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Data about the airline Merpati Nusantara Airlines in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
• Web presence of Merpati Nusantara Airlines (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Spiegel: EU blacklisted all Indonesian airlines. dated June 28, 2007.
2. ^ Aerotelegraph.com , accessed April 18, 2014
3. ↑ Merpati Nusantara Airlines. ch-aviation.ch, accessed on July 12, 2013 (English). 
4. ↑ thejakartapost.com - Regulator may ground Merpati's MA60 fleet (English) June 13, 2013
5. ↑ Accident statistics Merpati Nusantara Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2018.
6. ↑ Accident report Viscount 828 PK-MVS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 2, 2019.
7. ^ Accident report DHC-6 PK-NUY , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.
8. ^ Accident report Viscount 800 PK-MVG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 9, 2019.
9. ^ Accident report DHC-6 PK-NUE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.
10. ↑ accident report F28-1000 P2 GFU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 1 of 2019.
11. ↑ accident report F28-1000 P2 GKU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 1 of 2019.
12. ↑ Crash: Merpati DHC6 enroute on Aug 2nd 2009, aircraft impacted mountain The Aviation Herald (English), accessed on August 5, 2009
13. ^ Accident report DHC-6 PK-NVC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 7, 2020.
14. ↑ Accident: Merpati B733 at Manokwari on Apr 13th 2010, overran runway and broke up in river The Aviation Herald , accessed on April 13, 2010
15. ↑ Crash: Merpati MA60 at Kaimana on May 7th 2011, impacted waters before runway The Aviation Herald , accessed on May 8, 2011