Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
Infobox Airliner accident
date = September 26, 1997
type = CFIT due to ATC error
site = Pancur Batu, Indonesia
origin = Soekarno-Hatta Int'l Airport
destination = Polonia International Airport
passengers = 222
crew = 12
fatalities = 234
survivors = 0
aircraft_type = Airbus A300B4-220FF
operator = Garuda Indonesia
tail_number = PK-GAI
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (GA152, GIA152) was a scheduled domestic Indonesian passenger flight from Jakarta to Medan operated by state owned flag carrier Garuda Indonesia. On September 26, 1997, the Airbus A300 flying this route, registered PK-GAI, crashed into woodlands 18 miles from Medan in low visibility. All 234 passengers and crew were killed in the disaster.The crash site is at an altitude of 3,000 feet (915 m) above sea level, near the village of Pancur Batu, Desa Buah Nabar [http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/pk-gai/photo.shtml] .
It remains the worst single-aircraft disaster in Indonesian history, and was the most deadly air disaster of 1997.Fact|date=June 2008
Investigation
The responsibility for the crash, according to the official crash report, lies squarely with Air traffic control (ATC) and the controller who incorrectly ordered the plane to turn right instead of left to a certain heading, causing it to run into high ground.
ee also
*List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
*Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
*Ground proximity warning system (EGPWS)
External links
* [http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=09261997®=PK-GAI&airline=Garuda+Indonesia AirDisaster.com accident file]
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