Trigana Air Service Flight 267
PK-YRN, the accident aircraft, shown here at Labuan Bajo Airport, Indonesia in 2008.
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| Incident summary | |
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| Date | 16 August 2015 |
| Summary | Crashed into the Papuan jungle while on approach , under investigation |
| Site | Mount Tangok, Oksibil, Papua, Indonesia 04°49′28″S 140°29′53″E / 4.82444°S 140.49806°ECoordinates: 04°49′28″S 140°29′53″E / 4.82444°S 140.49806°E |
| Passengers | 49 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 54 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | ATR 42-300 |
| Operator | Trigana Air Service |
| Registration | PK-YRN |
| Flight origin | Sentani Airport, Jayapura, Indonesia |
| Destination | Oksibil Airport, Oksibil, Indonesia (OKL/WAJO) |
Trigana Air Service Flight 267 (IL267/TGN267) was a scheduled 45-minute passenger flight by Indonesian domestic airline Trigana Air Service from Sentani to Oksibil in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua. On 16 August 2015, the aircraft crashed about 30 minutes after takeoff, killing all 49 passengers and five crew members. The wreckage was found by villagers in the Bintang highlands region of Oksibil.
With 54 deaths, it is the deadliest accident involving the ATR 42, surpassing the 46 lives lost in the 2008 crash of Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 in Venezuela. It is also the third deadliest in eight months in Indonesia, after Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 and an Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash. This is the airline's deadliest accident in its 25-year history.
The Trigana Air Service flight took off from Sentani Airport in Jayapura at 14:22 WIT (UTC+9, 05:22 UTC) and was scheduled to land in Oksibil at about 15:16. Oksibil is a remote town near the country's border with Papua New Guinea. Oksibil Airport does not have an instrument landing system to guide aircraft in to land because it is located close to a mountain.
Contact was lost with the aircraft at about 14:55. There was no indication that a distress call was made by the crew. The crew had been expected to make contact with ground staff at Oksibil Airport at around 15:00; attempts by those at the airport to contact the aircraft were unsuccessful. At the time of the incident, the aircraft was on the final section of its scheduled route.
Conflicting statements regarding the weather conditions were released. Stormy weather was initially cited as a possible cause of the crash, however it was later confirmed that the weather was good. Minister of Transportation Ignasius Jonan stated that bad weather was not the cause of the crash. Data from local Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics acknowledged that the weather at the time of the crash was sunny. The crew of another aircraft landing prior to the crash also reported conditions at the time as "good".
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