What the records say
- When
- 28 Sep 2018
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 7.45° N, 151.84° E
- Description
- aviation accident in the Federated States of Micronesia in 2018
- Deaths
- 1
- Injured
- 6
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Air Niugini Flight 73
2018 aviation accident in Micronesia
Air Niugini Flight 73 was a scheduled service from Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, via Chuuk State, FSM. On 28 September 2018, a Boeing 737-800, operated by Air Niugini, landed short of the runway at Chuuk International Airport in Weno (FSM) and came to rest in Chuuk Lagoon. Local people in small boats rescued most passengers and all crew members.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Crash landing of the Air Niugini Flight 73”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En el lago Chuuk (un arrecife de coral de 60 km de diámetro que rodea varias islas de los Estados Federados de Micronesia) ameriza el vuelo 73 de Air Niugini;…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page