Merpati 737-300 crash in Manokwari , Indonesia

[Gavin Andrew David 6]

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- A Merpati Airlines plunged into a river Tuesday after overshooting a runway in Manokwari, Indonesia, the transportation ministry said.

 

Twenty of the 103 people on board the heavily damaged Boeing 737-300 were injured, said ministry spokesperson Bambang Ervan.

 

The incident, which occurred as the plane was landing, is under investigation.

 

 

[Naim 6]

More details + graphics:

 

http://avherald.com/h?article=42a0d9ad&opt=0

[Andi C 0]

From Jakarta Globe:

 

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/breaking-news-merpati-plane-overshoots-runway-20-injured/369165

 

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/plane-seriously-damaged-after-accident-merpati/369172

[Pieter C. 5]

As reported earlier by MIR:

 

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.

 

And earlier by Ikman Ikreza:

 

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...nt-aeccaac.html

 

and by Mohd Azizul Ramli:

 

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

 

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You can now continue from here further on, since the other (wrong) topic has been locked...

[Yusoff 1]

There has been a confusion with the rego: Aviation Herald link

 

Merpati Nusantara confirmed, that their Boeing 737-300 PK-MDF (note MDF not MDE) skidded off the runway and ended up in the adjacent river broken up in two parts. About 20 people were taken to two local hospitals.

 

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Local TV pictures clearly identify PK-MDE as the accident airplane.

 

PK-MDE isn't known by any fleet databases as of current. Merpati Nusantara acquired a Boeing 737-300 MSN 24660 from United Airlines (former registration N385UA) in November 2009, the new tail number of this aircraft never became known, but most likely is PK-MDE.

 

Wrongly painted on the a/c? How can this be?