What the records say
- When
- 18 Oct 1992
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 2.00° S, 118.00° E
- Description
- 1992 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 31
- Injured
- 0
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601
1992 aviation accident in Indonesia
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601 (MNA5601/MZ5601) was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Semarang to Bandung, Indonesia. On 18 October 1992, the two-year-old CASA/IPTN CN-235-10 was on approach to Bandung when it crashed into Mount Puntang, near Mount Papandayan, West Java, Indonesia at 1:30 pm in bad weather. The aircraft exploded on impact, killing all twenty-seven passengers and four crew on board.
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