Accident in Indonesia to the ATR 42-300, registered PK-YRN, on Sunday 16 August 2015
Collision avec le relief en approche
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Données préliminaires issues de la notification des autorités d'Indonésie :
The PK-YRN aircraft, as flight IL-257, conducted a passenger flight from Sentani Airport to Oksibil Airport. At 14:22 LT, PK-YRN aircraft departed from Sentani with 3½ hours fuel endurance, and will arrive Oksibil at about 15:04 LT. The PK-YRN aircraft communication with Oksibil tower at 14:55 LT,but then at 15:00 LT the Oksibil tower failed to contact. At about 15:15 LT the Oksibil Tower declared aircraft lost contact.
Next morning, a SAR helicopter located a wreckage aircraft at the side of Bintang Mountain, Okbape District at an altitude 8,300 feet.