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March 2007: Yogyakarta Crash Landing

This is the sad story of Marwoto Komar, a pilot with 22 years of flight experience.

In March 2007, he piloted a Boeing 737-400 with 140 passengers on board which crashed on landing at the Yogyakarta airport. The plane came in for landing too high and too fast, and although the co-pilot called for a go-around, he landed on that pass anyway. The Boeing overran the runway and caught fire. Twenty-one people died in that crash.

The* IFALPA position is that criminalisation of individuals does not improve air safety.

In July 2008 he was arrested, tried and found guilty of negligence.

An Indonesian court sentenced Komar to two years imprisonment for his role in the crash.

* International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations

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George’s Point of View

You make a mistake.
People get killed.
You go to jail.

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