Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 26 April 1979 |
Type: | IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander |
Operator: | Bali International Air Service |
Registration: | PK-KNG |
MSN: | 749 |
First flight: | 1975-06-16 (3 years 11 months) |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | within Irian Jaya ( Indonesia)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Crashed deep the junge of Irian Jaya. Both crew members were found alive after three months.
The location has been reported as 'Beoganon', however there is no known place with this exact name.
Sources:
» The Straits Times 1 August 1979, p1
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.