What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh Where: Bahorok, Indonesia When: Sept 29, 2011 Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew Why: 18 passengers on an Indonesian flight are missing after a flight is reported to have lost contact with ATC and crashed. The flight took off at 7:18 am, and was to land at 8:00, normally less than one hour. All aboard are being reported as fatalities.
The pilot was American.
The PT Nusantara Buana Airlines plane is reported to have crashed in a mountainous area, at a midpoint in its route. Search and rescue teams have been deployed. Though some reports say rescuers have found the wreckage, other reports say the wreckage is in difficult terrain and has not been reached.
There were 4 children and 14 adults aboard the flight. A local villager reported seeing the plane smoking and circling and passengers are presumed dead, but the report was accompanied by a photo of another crash site, so the source is dubious.
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What: Philippine Navy Volco 411 helicopter performing routine maneuvers Where: 1,500 yards from Great Santa Cruz Island Philippines When: August 17 2010 Who: 5 aboard, two missing pilots: First Lieutenant Cristan Corpuz and First Lieutenant Gerald Tamayo Why: The crew was engaged in documenting a Special Operations unit Amphibious Small Boat exercise; they were taking aerial photos and videos when they seemed to have engine trouble–although the actual cause will be a mystery until the investigation.
The US is going to assist in recovery with their towed sonar. The crash site us 8 to 9 fathoms deep.
Petty Officers Abdon Martinez, Noel Ridad and Rodolfo Pataweg are the survivors.
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What: Batavia Boeing 737-300 en route from Jakarta to Malang Where: Malang Indonesia When: Sep 2nd 2011 Who: 146 aboard Why: On landing, a tire blew out.
No injuries were reported
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On May 11, 2013, at 11 a.m. a PT Sinar Mas Super Air Pacific Aerospace Fletcher FU24-950 crashed three minutes after takeoff from North Rawajitu Indonesia. The pilot, Muhammad Adipura, 47, a Bogor of West Java died in the crash. It is believed he died at the scene, but his body was taken to Menggala Hospital in Tulang Bawang regency, then to the Lampung capital of Bandar Lampung for autopsy.
The owner of the plane is PT Sumber Indah Perkasa. The airplane was used to spray fertilizer on oil palm plantations. The plantation, PT SIP often uses planes to distribute fertilizer, as do most of the large farms in the area.
The plane did not damage any residential property, crashing near the outskirts of Sidang Gunung Tiga village. The head man of the village saw the crash and said the weather was fine at the time, and there was no rain or wind.
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UPDATE: 11:40pm EDT: The French government has requested assistance from the US in hopes that US spy satellites and listening stations could help find the aircraft.
George’s Point of View
June 30 1994 was a red letter day for the A330. It’s only fatality occurred on June 30 1994 when pilot error and faulty autopilot systems killed three pilots, two engineers and two observers on board a test flight.
So we can hope that today–June 1 2009–does not become another red letter day in A330 history. The last communication from the flight was an automatic report of an electrical short circuit and the loss of cabin pressure.
The A330:
-6,750 nautical mile range
-seats up to 335 passengers
-600 in service with 82 airlines
-300 on order
-38% more fuel efficient than the DC-10
-choice of GE, Pratt & Whitney, or Rolls Royce engines
-Variants:
A330-200 A330-300 A330-200F
Our thoughts are with all on board and families.
Youtube text follows: PARIS, France (CNN — An Air France plane missing over the Atlantic with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems before it lost contact, the airline said Monday.
The incident involves an Air France Airbus A330-200.
The Airbus A330-200 jet had experienced turbulence during the 11-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, the spokesman said.
Brazil’s air force has launched a search near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha in the Atlantic Ocean, 365 km (226 miles) from Brazil’s coast, a spokesman for the air force told CNN.
Two Brazilian squadrons are searching for the plane, although it disappeared after it left the country’s radar space, said the officer, who declined to be named.
The flight, AF 447, took off shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday local time (6 p.m. Sunday ET) for the 11-hour flight, with 216 passengers and 12 crew members. It was scheduled to land in Paris at 11:15 a.m. local time (5:15 a.m. ET).
The last known contact with the plane was at 1:33 a.m. GMT (8:33 p.m. Sunday night ET), the Brazilian Air Force spokesman said.
Air France said it could not confirm reports of a short circuit on board the aircraft.
The airline said it “shared the emotion and the concern of the families concerned” adding that friends and relatives waiting at the airport would be taken to a special area.
A crisis center is being set up at Charles de Gaulle where the plane had been due to land at 11.15 a.m. local time.
Agence France-Presse quoted France’s Environment Minister Jean Louis Borloo saying that it was extremely unlikely the plane had been hijacked.
“We are very worried,” an aviation official told AFP. “The plane disappeared from the screens several hours ago. It could be a transponder problem, but this kind of fault is very rare and the plane did not land when expected.”
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What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh, 19 year old plane Where: Bahorok, Indonesia When: Sept 29, 2011 Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew Why: After 18 passengers went missing on an Indonesian flight after a flight is reported to have lost contact, and all were reported as casualties, the mother of 27 year old Samsidar Yusni said her daughter called her on the phone Thursday night, crying.
The PT Nusantara Buana Airlines plane is reported to have crashed in a mountainous area, at a midpoint in its route, in the mountainous Bohorok area about 70 kilometres north-west of Medan. Search and rescue teams have been deployed but did not reach the location of the wreckage, turning back due to difficult terrain and bad weather.
Thirty hours after the crash, part of the rescue team reported seeing a plane door being opened. After leaving Medan by truck, the trek on foot takes six hours, according to search teams. The plane is apparently mostly intact in the canopy. Chopper flyby photos show wings damaged and nose gone.
Before nightfall, a helicopter lowered two rescuers by rope about 300 meters yards from the wreckage but they are separated by a ravine. An open door seems to indicate there might be survivors.
Four children were aboard.
Nusantara Buana Air is on the EU blacklist.
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The plane did not damage any residential property, crashing near the outskirts of Sidang Gunung Tiga village. The head man of the village saw the crash and said the weather was fine at the time, and there was no rain or wind.
Trigana Air Service flight IL-7321 made a hard landing at Wamena Airport, Papua, Indonesia, on September 13th.