ATR-42 Trigana Air scompare in Papua

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L'aereo in questione (del 1988) aveva già avuto 6 inconvenienti gravi con il precedente proprietario (Trans state airlines) ...diaciamo pure che era nato un po' maluccio...
E precisamente:
Incident: Blew 2 tyres after swerving on landing Madison, WI. Cause: Steering differential valve defective.
Incident: Evacuated following left engine fire warning during taxi At St. Louis, MO. Warning was false. Cause: Bleedair duct leak.
Incident: Diverted to Springfield, IL after left engine was shut down due to "low oil pressure" warning.
Incident: Emergency landing due to flight control difficulty while in cruise flight. Cause: Failure of aileron trim switch due to foreign material contamination.
Incident: Emergency diversion to Bloomington, IL after crew saw and smelled smoke.
Incident: Nose gear axle broke; right wheel separated during taxi at St. Louis, MO.
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http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20150816-0
 
Da Avherald: http://avherald.com/h?article=48ae1ad9&opt=0

On Aug 17th 2015 the aircraft was found at an altitude of about 8,300 feet at the side of the Pegunungan Bintang Regency mountain at coordinates S4.8215 E140.4992.

On Aug 17th 2015 Indonesia's Ministry of Transport reported that a helicpter located the debris of the missing aircraft on Aug 17th 2015 at 08:50L (23:50Z Aug 16th) at the side of the Pegunungan Bintang Regency at coordinates S4.8215 E140.4992 at an altitude of about 8300 feet, about 8.5nm from the airport. Due to weather the helicopter operations had to be suspended subsequently, however. A total of 266 rescue personnel are on their way on the ground to the crash site. Only Indonesian nationals, no foreigners were on board of the aircraft.

On Aug 17th 2015 Papua's Police reported the wreckage has been located about 12 to 15km (6.5 to 8.1nm) from Oksibil Airport.
 
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Indonesia recovers recorders of crashed ATR 42

By: MAVIS TOH
SINGAPORE
4 hours ago​

Indonesia’s transport ministry has recovered the flight recorders from the crashed Trigana Air ATR 42-300.In a Tweet, the ministry says the recorders were recovered at 13:40 local time on 18 August. It adds that the bodies of all 49 passengers and five crew members on board have also been found and recovered. There were no survivors.Aircraft debris was first spotted on a mountainside in eastern Papua, with the plane apparently having hit the slope of Mount Tangok in Okbape district, local media reports say. The site is about 15km from the Oksibil airport, where the turboprop was due to land after departing Jayapura's Sentani airport at 14:22 on 16 August. It last contact was with Oksibil airport's air traffic control tower at 14:55.Indonesia’s transport ministry earlier said that it was searching in an area several square miles to the north of the central Indonesian town Oksibil.The ministry has also reportedly said that no distress calls were made before the turboprop lost contact on 16 August.Satellite images from Google Earth show the terrain around Oksibil to be mountainous and covered in tropical rain forest.The crashed aircraft, registered PK-YRN, was built in 1988 and owned by Trigana Air, which has been involved in 19 serious safety incidents since 1992.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indonesia-recovers-recorders-of-crashed-atr-42-415799/