What the records say
- When
- 10 Nov 1971
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 2.00° S, 118.00° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 69
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1971 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crash
Aviation accident
On 10 November 1971, a Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount, registration PK-MVS, crashed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, after telling air traffic controllers they could not make their destination due to bad weather. All 69 people aboard the aircraft were killed in the crash. It remains the third worst Vickers Viscount accident.
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