- Mandala Airlines Flight 660
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Mandala Airlines Flight 660 Accident summary Date 24 July 1992 Type Microburst-induced wind shear, Pilot error Site Mt.Lalaboy, Indonesia Passengers 63 Crew 7 Fatalities 70 Survivors 0 Aircraft type Vickers Viscount 816 Operator Mandala Airlines Tail number PK-RVU Flight origin Makassar Destination Ambon, Maluku Mandala Airlines Flight 660 was a scheduled passenger flight on 24 July 1992 which crashed into a mountain on Ambon Island as it attempted to land at Pattimura Airport in a heavy thunderstorm. Pilot error and windshear were blamed for the crash.[1]
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 816 serial number 434, which was built at Hurn Airport in the United Kingdom and first flew on 8 June 1959.[2] It was delivered new on the 17 June 1959 to Trans Australia Airlines and named McDouall Stuart an Australian expolorer.[2] By 1986 it had been bought by Mandala Airlines with the registration PK-RVU and name Nias.[2]
References
- ^ "AirDisaster.Com » Accident Database » Accident Synopsis » 07241992". http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=07241992®=PK-RVU&airline=Mandala+Airlines.
- ^ a b c Roach/Eastwood 1990, p. 396
Bibliography
- Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1990). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0 907178 32 4.
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