Flight 330, a
Douglas C-47A (PK-GDV) en route to
Pangkal Pinang from
Palembang, crashed in a swamp near Palembang while returning to the airport following engine failure, killing one of four crew. The pilot had descended too low in poor weather; the aircraft may also have been slightly overloaded.[3]
Douglas C-47As PK-GDE and PK-GDU collided in mid-air while on approach to
Palembang Airport, probably due to crew errors; both aircraft crashed in a swamp, killing all 34 on board both aircraft.[7][8]
Fokker F27-600 PK-GFP banked right and crashed after climbing to 30 m (98 ft) following takeoff from
Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta during a training flight, killing the three crew.[10]
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 61 passengers and one person on the ground.
15 November 1978
Icelandic Airlines Flight 001 (TF-FLA) Leased to Garuda Indonesia for a Hajj flight crashed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183 out of 262 on board
Fokker F28-3000RC PK-GFV Selegan overran the runway on takeoff from Branti Airport after failing to lift off as a result of crew error, killing three of 61 onboard.[14]
Flight 865, a
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, overran the runway at
Fukuoka Airport,
Japan after aborting takeoff well above rotation speed following an uncontained failure of engine three. Three of the 275 people on board were killed.[16] The crash was blamed on pilot error and improper maintenance.
26 September 1997
Flight 152, an
Airbus A300B4-220 flying from Jakarta to Medan, crashed in
Sibolangit, 18 miles (29 km) short of Medan Airport in low visibility, killing all 234 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation incident in
Indonesia.[17]
16 January 2002
Flight 421, a
Boeing 737-3Q8 en route from
Lombok to
Yogyakarta was forced to make an emergency landing but finally crashed in poor weather on the
Solo River, due to an engine
flameout caused by water and hail ingestion. A flight attendant was killed in the accident.[18]
Douglas DC-9-32 PK-GNE was being ferried to Jakarta when it suffered fuselage failure after it bounced on landing; all five crew survived.[32]
30 December 1984
Douglas DC-9-32 PK-GNI overran the runway on landing at
Ngurah Rai Airport, Denpasar, and broke in three after landing too late; all 75 on board survived.[33]
29 March 1989
Fokker F28-4000 PK-GKD left the runway on landing at
Tjilik Riwut Airport,
Palangkaraya following left landing gear failure; all 66 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[34]
4 April 1990
Fokker F28-4000 PK-GKU suffered damage at
Sepinggan Airport, Balikpapan, after the right main landing wheel went into a ditch; all 61 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[35]
21 June 1993
Flight 630, a Douglas DC-9-32 (PK-GNT), landed hard at Ngurah Rai Airport due to pilot error, causing serious damage to the aircraft; all 79 on board survived.[36]
8 July 1994
Flight 156, a
Boeing 737-4U3 (PK-GWK), landed hard in heavy rain at Polonia Airport, suffering serious damage; all 90 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[37]
8 April 1995
While on approach to
London, Flight 976, a
Boeing 747-2U3B (PK-GSE), suffered a failure of the forward flap section on the left hand inboard trailing edge flap, after which it hit the rear left fuselage behind a door; the approach was continued and the aircraft landed safely at London. The cause was traced back to improper assembly of the flap section.[38]
Flight 980, a Boeing 747-2U3B (PK-GSA), overran the runway on landing at
Chiang Kai Shek Airport in
Taipei, blowing out some tires; all 301 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[40]
21 June 1997
Flight 800, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (EI-CDK), suffered a tailstrike during a go-around from an attempted autopilot autoland landing in
Honolulu International Airport due to pilot error; all 308 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[41]
11 August 2003
Flight 073, a Fokker F28-3000R (PK-GFT), suffered left gear collapse while landing at
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta; all 24 on board survived.[42]
23 July 2008
Boeing 737-4M0 PK-GZN suffered a broken landing gear axle after landing at Syamsudin Noor Airport; all 121 on board survived. The axle broke due to a fatigue crack from a rusted hole in the brake assembly attachment flange.[43]
9 December 2010
While parked at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Boeing 737-4U3 PK-GWO was struck in the nose by a pushback tug; no casualties.[44]
16 March 2013
While parked at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Boeing 737-5U3 PK-GGA was struck by a maintenance dock on the right side of the nose during a storm; no casualties. The 737 and a
GECAS Airbus A320 (N620SC) were parked opposite hangar No. 3 when two maintenance docks were blown across the ramp, striking the aircraft; the 737 was written off. The accident was also reported to have occurred on March 15.[45]
Flight 258, operated by Boeing 737-8U3 PK-GNK, overran the runway on landing at Adisutjipto Airport in heavy rain
30 May 2023,
A
Boeing 737-8U3, operating as Flight 607 suffered engine problems after departure from
Sam Ratulangi International Airport, the aircraft departed from the airport at 08:40 and landed back safely at 09:27, All 88 passengers and 7 crew members survived.[46][47]
Hijackings
5 September 1977
A McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 was hijacked by one man who held a flight attendant at gunpoint, but was then overpowered by the crew. The aircraft then landed at Surabaya where the hijacker was taken into custody but never revealed his motive behind the hijacking.[48]
28 March 1981
Flight 206, operated by
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32Woyla, was hijacked on a domestic flight from Palembang to Medan by five members of
Komando Jihad. The hijackers demanded to be flown to Sri Lanka, but the aircraft did not have enough fuel and diverted to
Penang in Malaysia to refuel, and then flew to
Bangkok. The hijackers demanded the release of 84 political prisoners in Indonesia who were imprisoned following a terrorist attack on a police station. On the third day of the hijacking (31 March) was stormed by Indonesian
Kopassus commandos, surprising the hijackers, who opened fire on the commandos. They returned fire, killing three hijackers. One of the commandos was shot, probably by his comrades, as was the pilot, also probably by Indonesian commandos. The rest of the hostages were released unharmed. Two of the hijackers surrendered to the Thai commandos, but were killed by Indonesian commandos on the plane taking them back to Jakarta.[49][50]
26 May 1994
A Vietnamese asylum seeker being repatriated from an Indonesian refugee camp attempted to hijack a Garuda charter flight. Shortly after takeoff from
Batam, the man took out a gasoline-filled shampoo bottle, splashed gasoline near the cockpit door, and threatened to light himself on fire unless the flight diverted to Australia. A Garuda mechanic and other asylum seekers overpowered the man and the flight continued to Vietnam, where the man was taken into custody upon arrival.[51]
Miscellaneous
7 September 2004
Human rights activist
Munir Said Thalib was murdered on Flight 974, bound for
Amsterdam.[52] Garuda's CEO at the time, Indra Setiawan, his deputy Rohainil Aini, and pilot
Pollycarpus Priyanto were all convicted of his murder.[53][54] Garuda was found negligent in failing to perform an emergency landing and was ordered to pay compensation to Munir's widow,[55] but did not do so immediately.[56]
Notes
^Some sources state the aircraft crashed on landing on 20 April.
^A source stated that this aircraft crashed in the Malacca Strait following a loss of control, killing all 17 on board.[23]
^"Air Disasters – 1996 Crash". Airdisaster.com. 13 June 1996. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2013.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
^"Air Disasters – 1997 Crash". Airdisaster.com. 26 September 1997. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2013.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
^"Air Disasters – 2002 Crash". Airdisaster.com. 16 January 2002. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2013.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
^Spaeth, Anthony (6 December 2004). "Death in Flight 974: Who was responsible for the poisoning of one of Indonesia's bravest human rights advocates?". Time: 28.
Flight 330, a
Douglas C-47A (PK-GDV) en route to
Pangkal Pinang from
Palembang, crashed in a swamp near Palembang while returning to the airport following engine failure, killing one of four crew. The pilot had descended too low in poor weather; the aircraft may also have been slightly overloaded.[3]
Douglas C-47As PK-GDE and PK-GDU collided in mid-air while on approach to
Palembang Airport, probably due to crew errors; both aircraft crashed in a swamp, killing all 34 on board both aircraft.[7][8]
Fokker F27-600 PK-GFP banked right and crashed after climbing to 30 m (98 ft) following takeoff from
Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta during a training flight, killing the three crew.[10]
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 61 passengers and one person on the ground.
15 November 1978
Icelandic Airlines Flight 001 (TF-FLA) Leased to Garuda Indonesia for a Hajj flight crashed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183 out of 262 on board
Fokker F28-3000RC PK-GFV Selegan overran the runway on takeoff from Branti Airport after failing to lift off as a result of crew error, killing three of 61 onboard.[14]
Flight 865, a
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, overran the runway at
Fukuoka Airport,
Japan after aborting takeoff well above rotation speed following an uncontained failure of engine three. Three of the 275 people on board were killed.[16] The crash was blamed on pilot error and improper maintenance.
26 September 1997
Flight 152, an
Airbus A300B4-220 flying from Jakarta to Medan, crashed in
Sibolangit, 18 miles (29 km) short of Medan Airport in low visibility, killing all 234 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation incident in
Indonesia.[17]
16 January 2002
Flight 421, a
Boeing 737-3Q8 en route from
Lombok to
Yogyakarta was forced to make an emergency landing but finally crashed in poor weather on the
Solo River, due to an engine
flameout caused by water and hail ingestion. A flight attendant was killed in the accident.[18]
Douglas DC-9-32 PK-GNE was being ferried to Jakarta when it suffered fuselage failure after it bounced on landing; all five crew survived.[32]
30 December 1984
Douglas DC-9-32 PK-GNI overran the runway on landing at
Ngurah Rai Airport, Denpasar, and broke in three after landing too late; all 75 on board survived.[33]
29 March 1989
Fokker F28-4000 PK-GKD left the runway on landing at
Tjilik Riwut Airport,
Palangkaraya following left landing gear failure; all 66 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[34]
4 April 1990
Fokker F28-4000 PK-GKU suffered damage at
Sepinggan Airport, Balikpapan, after the right main landing wheel went into a ditch; all 61 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[35]
21 June 1993
Flight 630, a Douglas DC-9-32 (PK-GNT), landed hard at Ngurah Rai Airport due to pilot error, causing serious damage to the aircraft; all 79 on board survived.[36]
8 July 1994
Flight 156, a
Boeing 737-4U3 (PK-GWK), landed hard in heavy rain at Polonia Airport, suffering serious damage; all 90 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[37]
8 April 1995
While on approach to
London, Flight 976, a
Boeing 747-2U3B (PK-GSE), suffered a failure of the forward flap section on the left hand inboard trailing edge flap, after which it hit the rear left fuselage behind a door; the approach was continued and the aircraft landed safely at London. The cause was traced back to improper assembly of the flap section.[38]
Flight 980, a Boeing 747-2U3B (PK-GSA), overran the runway on landing at
Chiang Kai Shek Airport in
Taipei, blowing out some tires; all 301 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[40]
21 June 1997
Flight 800, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (EI-CDK), suffered a tailstrike during a go-around from an attempted autopilot autoland landing in
Honolulu International Airport due to pilot error; all 308 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.[41]
11 August 2003
Flight 073, a Fokker F28-3000R (PK-GFT), suffered left gear collapse while landing at
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta; all 24 on board survived.[42]
23 July 2008
Boeing 737-4M0 PK-GZN suffered a broken landing gear axle after landing at Syamsudin Noor Airport; all 121 on board survived. The axle broke due to a fatigue crack from a rusted hole in the brake assembly attachment flange.[43]
9 December 2010
While parked at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Boeing 737-4U3 PK-GWO was struck in the nose by a pushback tug; no casualties.[44]
16 March 2013
While parked at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Boeing 737-5U3 PK-GGA was struck by a maintenance dock on the right side of the nose during a storm; no casualties. The 737 and a
GECAS Airbus A320 (N620SC) were parked opposite hangar No. 3 when two maintenance docks were blown across the ramp, striking the aircraft; the 737 was written off. The accident was also reported to have occurred on March 15.[45]
Flight 258, operated by Boeing 737-8U3 PK-GNK, overran the runway on landing at Adisutjipto Airport in heavy rain
30 May 2023,
A
Boeing 737-8U3, operating as Flight 607 suffered engine problems after departure from
Sam Ratulangi International Airport, the aircraft departed from the airport at 08:40 and landed back safely at 09:27, All 88 passengers and 7 crew members survived.[46][47]
Hijackings
5 September 1977
A McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 was hijacked by one man who held a flight attendant at gunpoint, but was then overpowered by the crew. The aircraft then landed at Surabaya where the hijacker was taken into custody but never revealed his motive behind the hijacking.[48]
28 March 1981
Flight 206, operated by
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32Woyla, was hijacked on a domestic flight from Palembang to Medan by five members of
Komando Jihad. The hijackers demanded to be flown to Sri Lanka, but the aircraft did not have enough fuel and diverted to
Penang in Malaysia to refuel, and then flew to
Bangkok. The hijackers demanded the release of 84 political prisoners in Indonesia who were imprisoned following a terrorist attack on a police station. On the third day of the hijacking (31 March) was stormed by Indonesian
Kopassus commandos, surprising the hijackers, who opened fire on the commandos. They returned fire, killing three hijackers. One of the commandos was shot, probably by his comrades, as was the pilot, also probably by Indonesian commandos. The rest of the hostages were released unharmed. Two of the hijackers surrendered to the Thai commandos, but were killed by Indonesian commandos on the plane taking them back to Jakarta.[49][50]
26 May 1994
A Vietnamese asylum seeker being repatriated from an Indonesian refugee camp attempted to hijack a Garuda charter flight. Shortly after takeoff from
Batam, the man took out a gasoline-filled shampoo bottle, splashed gasoline near the cockpit door, and threatened to light himself on fire unless the flight diverted to Australia. A Garuda mechanic and other asylum seekers overpowered the man and the flight continued to Vietnam, where the man was taken into custody upon arrival.[51]
Miscellaneous
7 September 2004
Human rights activist
Munir Said Thalib was murdered on Flight 974, bound for
Amsterdam.[52] Garuda's CEO at the time, Indra Setiawan, his deputy Rohainil Aini, and pilot
Pollycarpus Priyanto were all convicted of his murder.[53][54] Garuda was found negligent in failing to perform an emergency landing and was ordered to pay compensation to Munir's widow,[55] but did not do so immediately.[56]
Notes
^Some sources state the aircraft crashed on landing on 20 April.
^A source stated that this aircraft crashed in the Malacca Strait following a loss of control, killing all 17 on board.[23]
^"Air Disasters – 1996 Crash". Airdisaster.com. 13 June 1996. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2013.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
^"Air Disasters – 1997 Crash". Airdisaster.com. 26 September 1997. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2013.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
^"Air Disasters – 2002 Crash". Airdisaster.com. 16 January 2002. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2013.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
^Spaeth, Anthony (6 December 2004). "Death in Flight 974: Who was responsible for the poisoning of one of Indonesia's bravest human rights advocates?". Time: 28.