Crash: Aviastar Mandiri B463 at Wamena on Apr 9th 2009, impacted mountain on third approach
By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Apr 9th 2009 15:32Z, last updated Thursday, Apr 9th 2009 16:29Z
An Aviastar Mandiri British Aerospace BAe146-300, registration PK-BRD performing a daily domestic flight from Jayapura to Wamena (Indonesia) with 6 crew on board, impacted Gunung Pike (Mount Pike) about 15km from the airport of Wamena after two go arounds while approaching Wamena in good visibility. All occupants of the airplane perished in the crash.
Last radio contact with the airplane had been at 07:17 local time (22:17Z Apr 8th). Officials at the airport observed black smoke and fire at the top of Gunung Pike (local name, the position of which is not yet resolved) after the plane had disappeared from sight and dispatched ambulances and fire engines.
Wamena is a VFR only airport, no instrument procedures have been published.
No Metars are available.
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