1971 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crash

Aviation accident July 2014 April 2025 1971 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crash Accident Cambrian viscount g-amon in 1963 arp.jpg 1.15 A Viscount 701 of Cambrian Airways, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident 1971 11 10 y Controlled flight into terrain Off Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia Vickers Viscount 828 Sabang Merpati Nusantara Airlines PK-MVS Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia Tabing Airport, Padang, Indonesia 69 62 7 69 0 On 10 November 1971, a Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount, registration PK-MVS, crashed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, after telling air traffic controllers they could not make their destination due to bad weather. All 69 people aboard the aircraft were killed in the crash. It remains the third worst Vickers Viscount accident. Accident The aircraft was flying between Kemayoran Airport in Jakarta, and Tabing Airport, the then airport of Padang. Five minutes before it was scheduled to arrive at Tabing, air traffic controllers lost radio contact with the flight. Controllers at Talang Betutu Airport, Palembang, South Sumatra, reported the aircraft issued a distress signal. The flight crew reportedly said they could not land at Padang because of poor weather and bad visibility.Associated Press Associated Press Airliner Lost With 69 Aboard https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uIxLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5SMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5687,2131796&hl=en 1 January 2011 The Press-Courier 11 November 1971 The aircraft subsequently crashed into the Indian Ocean,Turbo-prop feared lost, 69 on board https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4EQ_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=BlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3692,3271823&hl=en 1 January 2011 The Windsor Star 11 November 1971 killing all 62 passengers and seven crew aboard the aircraft.Accident description http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711110-0 Aviation Safety Network 1 January 2011 Passengers and crew All the passengers aboard the aircraft were Indonesian nationals, except for a West German doctor and his wife, and a British helicopter pilot who was employed in Indonesia. Eight children were also aboard the flight. Among the victims was the Indonesian renowned choreographer of Minangkabau descent Huriah Adam. NationalityFatalitiesTotalPassengersCrew Indonesia 59 7 66 West Germany 2 0 2 Great Britain 1 0 1 Total 62 7 69 Aftermath Three days after the accident, pieces of the wreckage were found floating 75 miles off Sumatra, Indonesia. Fisherman found seats of the aircraft between the Beringin and Katang-Katang islands. An Indonesian Navy boat also recovered clothes and uninflated life rafts.Plane Wreckage Found in Ocean http://www.newspaperarchive.com/freepdfviewer.aspx?img=16164391 Newspaper Archive 1 January 2011 13 November 1971 See also 1970s Aviation Indonesia List of accidents and incidents involving the Vickers Viscount List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft 1971 in aviation References External links Accident details at PlaneCrashInfo.com Accident details at AirDisaster.com Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Vickers Viscount Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount Crash, 1971 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia Category:Merpati Nusantara Airlines accidents and incidents Category:November 1971 in Asia