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Mimika Air Flight 514 Accident summary Date 17 April 2009 Type Controlled flight into terrain Site Mount Gergaji Passengers 8 Crew 2 Fatalities 10 Survivors 0 Aircraft type Pilatus PC-6 Operator Mimika Air Tail number PK-LTJ Destination Ilaga, Papua, Indonesia Mimika Air Flight 514 was a Mimika Air Pilatus PC-6 from Mulia to Ilaga that occurred on April 17, 2009. Ten people were killed in the crash. [1]
The Mimika Air crash was the second fatal aviation accident in Papua in less than one month.[2] A cargo plane also crashed in Papua in early April 2009, killing six people.[2]
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Flight route
The Mimika Air flight took off from Mulia, Papua province, Indonesia, at 10:15 A.M. on Friday, April 17, 2009.[2] The flight was to last approximately half an hour and was scheduled to land in Ilaga, which is also located in Papua province.[2] The plane crashed enroute to Ilaga.
The plane carried ten people - eight passengers and two pilots.[1] Among the passengers were secretary of the Puncak Jaya polling body, Martin Jitmau and chairman of the local election supervisory committee, Herman Senanfi. [1]
Crash
Indonesian search teams discovered the crash site on Saturday, April 18, 2009, during an air search.[2] The plane had gone down on Mount Gergaji in Papua, close to another crash site of a Trigana Air plane in 2006, which killed nine people.[2] The wreckage was still smoking when found.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Ten people killed in Papua plane crash". The Jakarta Post. 2009-04-19. http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=5277&sec=1. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Wreckage of crashed plane located in Papua". United Press International. 2009-04-18. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/18/Wreckage-of-crashed-plane-located-in-Papua/UPI-96761240098125/. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
External links
- Jakarta Post:Mimika starts new plane, ferry, tankers
- Jakarta Post: Palembang evening flights reduced, Mimika starts up
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