5. Casualties killed 104 people.
December 19, 1997. SilkAir Flight 185 was a routine commercial flight service airline SilkAir from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia to Changi Airport, Singapore. On December 19, 1997, at around 16:13 pm, Boeing 737-300 aircraft serving these routes have an accident crashed in the Musi River, Palembang, South Sumatra. All of the 104 people who were in it (97 passengers and 7 crew members) were killed, including pilot Tsu Way Ming and co-pilot Duncan Ward. Among those killed in the crash was Singaporean model and author Bonny Hicks.
4. Casualties killed 107 people.
Pan Am Flight 812, a Boeing 707-321B, was a scheduled international flight from Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia with an intermediate stop at Denpasar, Bali. On April 22, 1974 it crashed into a rough mountainous terrain while preparing for a runway 09 approach to Denpasar after a 4 hour 20 minutes flight from Hong Kong. Location of the accident is about 42.5 nautical miles North-West of Ngurah Rai Airport.
Examination on the disposition of the wreckage and inspection of the site indicated that no structural failure of the aircraft occurred before impact. It was determined that the premature execution of a right-hand turn to join the 263 degrees outbound track, which was based on the indication given by only one of the ADFs while the other one was still in steady condition is the most probable cause of the accident.
3. Casualties killed 143 people.
5 September 2005. Indonesia Mandala Airlines Flight 091 was a Boeing 737-200 owned by Mandala Airlines crashed in the area Padang Bulan, Medan, Indonesia on 5 September 2005. This accident happened as the plane was taking off from Polonia Airport, Medan. The plane was flying majoring in Jakarta and Medan to transport 116 people (111 passengers and 5 crew). Previously reported that the plane carrying 117 people but a passenger plane. Passengers who survived were 17 men and 44 people on the ground also become korban.Pada October 12, 2006, NTSC stated that based on the results of the investigation, Flight 91 fell due to the condition of the flap and slat (adder tool lift the aircraft during take-off) that does not go down as well as procedures check list of equipment that does not fit the requirements.
2. Casualties killed 191 people.
December 4, 1974. Martin Air aircraft leased to Garuda Indonesian hajj flight crashed while landing at the airport will Colombo, Sri Lanka, and caused 191 deaths.
1. Casualties killed 235 people.
26 September 1997. Garuda Indonesia flight GA 152 was an Airbus A300-B4 aircraft that crashed in the village of Fruit Nabar, Sibolangit district, Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia (about 32 km from the airport and 45 km from the city of Medan) is now about to land at Polonia Airport, Medan on 26 September 1997. This accident killed all 222 people on board are numbered and 12 crew and up to now is the biggest plane crash in Indonesia's history.
The plane was en route from Jakarta to Medan and have been preparing for landing. Polonia Airport control tower lost contact with the plane at around 13:30 pm. When the occurrence of these events, the city of Medan was thick smoke from the fires blanketed the forest. The thickness of the smoke causes the pilot was very limited range of view and just rely on guidance from the control tower Polonia, but kesalahmengertian communication between the control tower to the pilots caused the aircraft taking the wrong direction and crashed into a mountain cliff.
From all the people killed, there are 44 dead victims could be identified which was subsequently buried at Monument Membramo, Medan. Among the casualties, other than citizens of Indonesia, also carrying passengers to U.S. citizenship, the Netherlands and Japan.
Bonus: The Missing Plane
1. January 1, 2007.
Adam Air Flight KI-574 was a scheduled domestic airline Adam Air is majoring in Surabaya-Manado, which prior to transit in Surabaya from Jakarta, is lost in flight. The black box was found at a depth of 2000 meters on August 28, 2007. All the passengers and crew numbering 102 missing and presumed dead. On March 25, 2008, the cause of the accident as announced by the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is bad weather, damage to navigational aids inertial Reference System (IRS), and failure of pilot performance in dealing with emergency situations.
2. January 31, 1993.
SC-7 aircraft of Pan Malaysian Air Transport Skyvan registered 9M-PID lost 35 minutes after taking off from Polonia. The aircraft with 11 passengers and 3 crew members crashed in the forest area of East Aceh, no one has found its ruins.
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