Merpati aircraft with 16 onboard missing

[Tamizi Hj Tamby 1]

 

MERPATI TWIN OTTER WITH 16 ON BOARD MISSING

 

JAKARTA, Aug 2 (Bernama) – A Twin Otter craft belonging to Merpati Nusantara Airlines with 16 people on board including three crew members is reported to be missing while on a routine flight from Jayapura to Oksibil in Papua, today.

 

The airline's flight operations director Kapt Nikmatullah said flight MNA 9760 left Jayapura at 10.15am (eastern Indonesian time) and was expected to arrive at its destination at 11.05am.

 

"However, after taking off, the plane did not make contact with the control tower," he was quoted as saying by the Antara news agency.

 

Nikmatullah said besides the pilot, co-pilot and a mechanic, the plane was carrying 11 passengers and two infants.

 

He added that the plane had undergone routine checks before taking off and it had fuel to last over three hours of flying although the journey only took 55 minutes.

 

The latest news I've heard that the wreckage of the ill-fated flight was discovered.No news about the status of the 19 persons onboard the Twin Otter.

[MIR 2]

Another Merpati accident today,Boeing 737-300 (PK-MDE) overran the runway at Rendani Airport,Papua New Guinea (1106LT)and went into a river. The 737 broke in half but luckily there were no fatalities.

[Johan Z 0]

So, there are two accidents right? Hope everyone is alright. I don't know where this is going. If no action is taken to improve the Indonesian aviation safety level, passenger life is at stake.

[Ikman Ikreza 0]

Passenger plane skids off runway in Indonesia

 

MANOKWARI, Indonesia (AFP) - – A jet carrying about 100 passengers skidded off the runway into a shallow river as it landed in Indonesia on Tuesday, injuring some 20 people, officials said.

 

The Merpati airline Boeing 737 broke into pieces as it bounced off the tarmac at Rendani domestic airport in Manokwari, West Papua, director general of civil aviation Herry Bhakti Singayuda told AFP.

 

"It skidded off the runway and part of its body landed in a river," he said, referring to a shallow waterway about 200 metres (600 feet) from the runway.

 

"All 103 passengers and six crew members are safe. Some are injured. They have been rushed to hospital."

 

Bad weather including heavy rain and fog were suspected of playing a part in the crash, he said, although expert investigators had yet to arrive at the scene.

 

Manokwari Hospital emergency unit nurse Benget Hutagalung said "about 20" people had been brought in with shattered limbs and head injuries.

 

Witnesses said the left wing broke off as the plane hurtled into trees at the end of the runway.

 

The body of the plane came to rest with the tail section in the river and the cockpit almost sheered off.

 

The plane was flying a domestic route from Sorong, also in West Papua province, to Manokwari, a distance of about 340 kilometres (210 miles).

 

Transport ministry experts from the capital Jakarta were on their way to the rugged province in the far east of the country to investigate the crash, an official said.

 

The vast archipelago of Indonesia relies heavily on air transport but has one of Asia's worst air safety records.

 

Source : http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100413/tap-indonesia-air-accident-aeccaac.html

[Tamizi Hj Tamby 1]

Johan: The Twin Otter incident was the last year incident;check out the date of the last post.

[Johan Z 0]

My bad, I didn't check the date.

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

Now let see if the EU will blacklist all Indonesian carriers back.

[Tamizi Hj Tamby 1]

I'm closing this one,as there's the news about the Merpati 737 incident,to avoid any confuses.