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On 13 April 2010, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 836, a Boeing 737 PK-MDE, trying to land at Rendani Airport split in half after it overran the runway, injuring 44 people. On 7 May 2011, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968, a Xian MA60 PK-MZK, operating on the Sorong-Kaimana route, crashed in the sea, killing all 25 people on board.
Merpati Airlines Fokker 100 at Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport, Pekanbaru in 2008 The former Indonesian airline Merpati Nusantara Airlines offered flights to many domestic destinations and to Timor Leste , Australia, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore.
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6517 (MZ6517/MNA6517) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Bajawa to Kupang, Indonesia. On 10 June 2013, the Xian MA60 twin turboprop operating the route crashed on the runway while landing at Kupang's El Tari Airport , injuring 25 occupants, five seriously.
Merpati Flight 9760D took off at 10:15 (local time) with an estimated time of arrival at Oksibil of 11:05. It was the second flight using the same aircraft; the first flight departed at 06.50 A.M local time. The flight was planned to use Visual Flight Rules instead of Instrument Flight Rules. Fuel was sufficient for at least 2 hours and 50 minutes.
The timetables of very small airlines, such as Scenic Airways, consisted of one sheet of paper, with their hub's flight time information on the front, and the return times on the back. In recent years, most airlines have stopped production of printed timetables, in order to cut costs and reduce the delay between a change of schedule and a new ...
Merpati spokesman also stated that the weather in and around Sorong was "inclement", including the area of Jefman Airport. Thick black clouds could be seen at the time of the crash. Reports revealed that air traffic controllers had warned the crew of Flight 724 to abort their landing attempt and divert to Biak Airport. However, the pilot of ...
[19] [48] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the PIA operated a series of chartered flights to and from Australia, South Africa, South Korea, UK and the Middle East among others to transport stranded citizens. [49] [50] [51] On 30 June 2020, the European Air Safety Agency banned PIA from operating in Europe for six months. [52]
The accident aircraft when still operated by United Airlines. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-322 registered as PK-MDE, MSN 24600. [1] It first flew on 16 March 1990 and entered service with United Airlines on 2 April 1990. [6] It was delivered to Merpati Nusantara Airlines on 12 November 2009. [7] The accident resulted the aircraft's ...