Suriname Airways Flight 764

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Suriname Airways Flight 764
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The plane involved in the accident on February 24, 1989
Accident summary
Accident type controlled flight into terrain
place Zanderij , Suriname
date June 7, 1989
Fatalities 176
Survivors 11
Injured 11
Aircraft
Aircraft type Douglas DC-8-62
operator Suriname Airways
Mark N1809E
Surname Anthony Nesty
Departure airport Schiphol Airport
Destination airport Zanderij airport
Passengers 178
crew 9
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On June 7, 1989, a Douglas DC-8 crashed on Surinam Airways flight 764 ( flight number : PY764), a scheduled flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zanderij Airport near Paramaribo during the approach to Zanderij. All nine crew members and 167 of the 178 passengers were killed, eleven passengers and one dog survived the disaster. The police then named the dog Lucky . It is the worst air accident in Suriname's history. In the Dutch -speaking press, the incident is referred to as SLM-ramp ( SLM accident ), where SLM refers to the former Dutch company name.

Airplane and occupants

route

The Douglas DC-8-62 ( registration number : N1809E , c / n : 46107, s / n : 498) was delivered to Braniff International Airways on November 17, 1969 . The machine was returned to the manufacturer McDonnell Douglas on November 17, 1981 . Arrow Air took over the stored DC-8 on December 21, 1983 and leased it to Surinam Airways on a long-term basis from January 23, 1986 . There it was baptized with the name Fajalobi , an expression for the Ixora plant in Suriname . After a short-term sublease to Tropical Airways , which lasted from July 15, 1986 to August 2, 1986, Surinam Airways put the aircraft back into service and renamed it in honor of the swimmer Anthony Nesty . The aircraft was acquired by Surinam Airways in early 1989, but retained its previous US registration number N1809E.

Nine crew members and 178 passengers were on board. The cockpit crew consisted of captain Will Rogers (66), first officer Glenn Tobias (45) and flight engineer Warren Rose (65).

The 178 passengers were mostly Surinamese Dutch. It was part of the Kleurrijk Elftal football team on board, which was about to play a tournament in Suriname. Members of the band Draver Boys , which was closely associated with the Kleurrijk Elftal, also flew with us . Not all of the crew were on board: some had chosen an earlier flight, were tied to the playoffs, had not received permission from their clubs to travel, or were in contract negotiations. The later Bundesliga coach Jos Luhukay was also absent on the flight of Surinam Airways 764 because he had to play a relegation match with his home club, VVV Venlo , to stay in the league.

the accident

The machine took off on June 6, 1989 at 11:25 p.m. local time (22:25 UTC ) in Amsterdam. The landing in Suriname was scheduled at 4:27 a.m. local time (7:24 UTC). The transatlantic flight went without any special incidents. At 7:00 a.m. UTC, the pilots received information about the weather situation at the destination airport from air traffic control. The ground visibility there was only 900 meters and was therefore below the minimum for a visual approach to runway 10. Zanderij Airport had an instrument landing system (ILS), but it was not allowed to be used at the time of the accident due to a calibration error. The defect caused a standard deviation and thus a falsification of the ILS glide path . The Surinamese aviation authority had reported the malfunction in international NOTAMs and instructed not to use the ILS. This condition was known to the pilots of flight PY764. Despite the error, the ILS was not completely decommissioned so that it could continue to be received by approaching crews.

Contrary to the forecast, fog prevailed when the Anthony Nesty approached Zanderij . The pilots received clearance from the tower to align their landing approach with the rotary radio beacon at the airport (VOR / DME approach). Captain Will Rogers decided to also use the ILS for this purpose, although it was not reliable and he had no permission to do so. During the approach, the crew ignored the warnings from the automatic GPWS that the aircraft was flying too low. The machine collided with two trees at an altitude of 25 meters. It rolled on its longitudinal axis and fell to the ground at 4:27 a.m. local time .

Accident investigation

The Florida- based company Air Crew International, an American temporary employment agency for flight personnel, had provided the crew. The investigation showed that the crew's papers were out of order. At 66 years of age, Captain Rogers exceeded the maximum seniority set by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Surinamese aviation authority by six years. In addition, he did not have a valid license to fly a DC-8 and had already been suspended, among other things because of landing on the wrong track. The co-pilot flew under a false name and with false papers and probably never had a pilot's license for passenger aircraft.

The accident report found that the master had acted irresponsibly, on the one hand because of the instrument landing without consent, and on the other hand because he had not paid sufficient attention to the flight altitude. The airline was also identified as responsible for failing to adequately check the flight crew's qualifications.

The identities of eight casualties could not be established in 1989. In December 2007, at the request of the survivors , a Dutch Disaster Victim Identification Team traveled to Suriname in order to undertake new experiments with what is now advanced technology.

souvenir

Monument in Paramaribo

The accident took place during the celebrations for the hundredth anniversary of the Royal Dutch Football Association ( KNVB ). After the disaster, all celebrations were canceled.

A memorial was erected at the accident site.

In Paramaribo a memorial was erected in the Jaggernath Lachmonstraat. ( 5 ° 27 ′ 10 ″  N , 55 ° 13 ′ 48.6 ″  W Coordinates: 5 ° 27 ′ 10 ″  N , 55 ° 13 ′ 48.6 ″  W ) It consists of four white pillars, each clad with one Aircraft engine crowned. There are four plaques with the names of the victims on the pillars.

The monument in Amsterdam ⊙

In the Netherlands, a benefit game was held in De Kuip for the benefit of the relatives. In Amsterdam-Oost was near Café De Draver a monument of the Dutch-Surinamese artist on the 's-Gravensande Plein Guillaume Lo A Njoe built. ⊙ De Draver was the regular café of both the Kleurrijk Elftal and the Draver Boys. A fan home at the RBC was named after the helicopter cutter who had crashed . The Haaksbergen community has named its award for the greatest sporting talent after Andy Scharmin . The RCH has installed a memorial stone for trainer Nick Stienstra in its changing rooms . In the IJsseldeltastadion of the PEC Zwolle , which was inaugurated in 2009, a tribune was named after Fred Patrick . A training hall for the youth of FC Volendam is named after Steve Sill . In 2011, the Hagerhof sports hall in Venlo , which the city and the Den Hulster College operate jointly, was renamed Ruben Kogeldans Sporthal . Ruben Kogeldans was a former student of this school and had spent childhood and youth in this district. A competition for the Andro Knel Cup is held every year between the fans of NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam . Andro Knel had played for both clubs. A good relationship has developed between the fan bases of these two clubs after the accident.

A book by sports journalist Iwan Tol was published in 2005 about the disaster and its effects on the Kleurrijk Elftal . During the book presentation in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium , the cabaret artist Freek de Jonge called for the victims of the Elftal to be honored with a memorial stone in the stadium.

literature

  • Roy Khemradj: Vlucht PY-764. De SLM vliegramp in Suriname. Migrantenuitgeverij Warray, 's-Gravenhage 1990, ISBN 90-72477-05-7 .
  • Ivan Tol: Eindbestemming Zanderij; het vergeten verhaal van het Kleurrijk Elftal. LJ Veen, Amsterdam / Antwerp 2005, ISBN 90-204-0366-4 .

Soccer players killed

The mother and sister of the future professional footballer Romeo Castelen also died.

Surviving players

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No. 36, Cir. 262-AN / 156, Montreal 1996, p. 139
  2. ^ ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 N1809E Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport (PBM). In: aviation-safety.net. Retrieved October 5, 2017 .
  3. ↑ 25 jaar na drama Kleurrijk Elftal - NOS. In: nos.nl. Retrieved March 10, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Elke vijf jaar he wel een sports team om bij een vliegramp - NRC. In: nrc.nl. Retrieved March 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Herdenking SLM ramp 28 years geleden in Suriname - Waterkant. In: waterkant.net. Retrieved March 10, 2019 .
  6. ^ Bulletin of the Koloniaal Museum in Haarlem. No. 1-52. In: books.google.de. February 1892, Retrieved October 5, 2017 .
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