Garuda Indonesia Flight 152

Accident summary
Date	September 26, 1997
Type	CFIT due to ATC error
Site	Near village of "Pancur Batu", Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Passengers	222
Crew	13
Fatalities	235 (all)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Airbus A300B4-220
Operator	Garuda Indonesia
Tail number	PK-GAI
Flight origin	Soekarno-Hatta Int'l Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia
Destination	Polonia International Airport, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (GA152, GIA152) was a scheduled domestic Indonesian passenger flight from Jakarta to Medan Sumatra operated by state owned flag carrier Garuda Indonesia. On September 26, 1997, the Airbus A300 flying this route, registered PK-GAI, crashed into woodlands 18 miles from Medan in low visibility. All 235 passengers and crew were killed in the disaster. The crash site was at an altitude of 3,000 feet (915 m) above sea level, near the village of Pancur Batu, Desa Buah Nabar^[1].

It remains the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Indonesian history, and the deadliest aviation accident and incident in 1997. It was the fourth highest death toll of any aviation accident involving an Airbus A300 after the crash of American Airlines Flight 587.

Contents 1 Investigation 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Investigation

The cause of the crash, according to the official report of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), were:

1. The aircraft turned left instead of right as instructed by the ATC at 06:30:04.

2. The aircraft descended below the assigned altitude of 2,000 ft and thereafter struck treetops at 1550 ft above mean sea level.

According to data gathered from the plane's cockpit voice recorder, the phrase "Aaaah. Allah Akbar!" ("God Is Great!") were the last words said by the pilot before the crash. ^{[2] [3]}

[edit] See also

• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
• Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
• Ground proximity warning system (EGPWS)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• AirDisaster.com accident file

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