ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330686
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 November 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 828 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-MVS |
| MSN: | 448 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18497 hours |
| Cycles: | 15117 flights |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 525 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 69 / Occupants: 69 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S off Padang -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT) |
| Padang-Tabing Airport (PDG/WIMG) |
Merpati Airlines' domestic service from Jakarta to Padang was carried out a by a Vickers Viscount named "Sabang". The aircraft had initiated its descent for Padang when it crashed into the sea. Floating pieces of wreckage were found after three days, 75 miles off island of Sumatra.
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photo (c) via Wim Zwakhals; Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT); March 1970
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