What the records say
- When
- 19 Apr 1997
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 2.75° S, 107.75° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 15
- Injured
- 38
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106
1997 aviation accident in Indonesia
On 19 April 1997, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106, a British Aerospace ATP operating a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno Hatta International Airport to Buluh Tumbang Airport, Indonesia, crashed into a coconut plantation whilst on approach to the airport, killing 15 of the 53 passengers and crew on board the aircraft.
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