Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760

Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760

A similar aircraft to the one involved
Accident summary
Date 2 August 2009
Type Controlled flight into terrain
Site Papua, Indonesia
Passengers 13
Crew 3
Fatalities 16
Survivors 0
Aircraft type de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Tail number PK-NVC
Flight origin Sentani Airport, Jayapura (WAJJ)
Destination Oksibil airport (WAJO)

Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760 was a commercial flight between Jayapura and Oksibil in Indonesia operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 on August 2, 2009. The aircraft went missing en route[1][2] and its wreckage was found a few miles from Oksibil two days later.[3] All 13 passengers and 3 crew members were killed in the accident. All of the passengers were of Indonesian nationality.

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Flight

Merpati Flight 9760D took off at 10:15 (local time) with an estimated time of arrival at Oksibil of 11:05. Contact was lost at 10:28.[4] The plane has apparently crashed into a mountainside in good weather.[5]

The aircraft, a DHC-6-300 with tail number PK-NVC[6] was a 30 year old airframe and was not equipped with a flight data recorder.

Investigation

The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) opened an investigation into the accident. The cause of the accident was found to be Controlled flight into terrain. In the report, Merpati Nunsantara Airlines were stated not to have fully co-operated with the NTSC as they had not provided the investigators full details of the crew's line checks and training undertaken.[7]

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Coordinates: 4°42′25″S 140°37′24″E / 4.70694°S 140.62333°E / -4.70694; 140.62333


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