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Garuda Indonesia is the flag carrier of Indonesia, headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport near Jakarta.A successor of KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, it is a member of SkyTeam airline alliance and the second-largest airline of Indonesia after Lion Air, operating scheduled flights to a number of destinations across Asia, Europe, and Australia from its hubs, focus cities, as well as ...
It operated as Indonesian Airways. President Sukarno changed the name to Garuda Indonesia Airways in November 1946, later Garuda Indonesia. [4] The golden age of the airline started in 1956, when it operated Hajj flights using its eight Convair CV-240s. In 1963, it operated flights to Tokyo via Hong Kong using three Lockheed L-188 Electra.
Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150 was a scheduled Indonesian domestic passenger flight from Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport, Palembang. On 24 September 1975, Flight 150 crashed on approach due to poor weather and fog just 2.5 miles (2.2 nmi; 4.0 km) from the town of Palembang.
The flight had four cabin crew and four cockpit crew that consisted of a captain, a first officer, a flight engineer, and a radio operator. [2] The 36-year-old captain held an airline transport pilot license with a type rating to fly the Lockheed L-188C Electra. He had accumulated 8,054 flight hours, including 718 on the Electra.
Caltex Indonesia: 1970: 1980: ... Daya Jasa Transindo Pratama: 2009: AOC revoked De Kroonduif: 1955: 1963: Subsidiary of KLM; absorbed into Garuda ... renamed Garuda ...
July 11, 1979 - A Garuda Indonesia Fokker F28 Mk-1000 crashes into Mount Sibayak killing all 61 on board. March 28, 1981 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 206, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operated by Garuda Indonesia is hijacked killing 5. March 20, 1982 - A Garuda Indonesia Fokker F28 Mk-1000 overruns the runway on landing killing all 27 on board.
Martinair Flight 138 (PH-MBH) Leased to Garuda Indonesia for a Hajj flight crashed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing all 191 on board 24 September 1975 Flight 150, a Fokker F28-1000 (named Mahakem), crashed on approach to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport in Palembang. The accident, which was attributed to poor weather and fog, killed 25 out of ...
Garuda Indonesia Flight 542 was a scheduled passenger flight on 3 February 1961, which was reported missing en route from Surabaya to Balikpapan. All 26 occupants on board were lost in the accident. All 26 occupants on board were lost in the accident.