Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424 Explained

Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424
Type:Pilot error, CFIT
Occurrence Type:Accident
Site:Mount Burangrang, West Java
Origin:Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia
Stopover0:Husein Sastranegara Airport, Bandung, Indonesia
Last Stopover:Adisucipto Airport, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Destination:Juanda Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia
Aircraft Type:Douglas DC-3
Operator:Garuda Indonesian Airways
Tail Number:PK-GDI
Occupants:21
Passengers:16
Crew:5
Fatalities:21
Survivors:0

Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424 was a scheduled passenger flight on January 24, 1961, which crashed into Mount Burangrang, north of its destination. All 21 occupants were killed.[1] [2]

Flight

Flight 424 took off from Jakarta at 10:09 am (local time) for a flight to Surabaya with stopovers in Bandung and Yogyakarta. The plane climbed to a cruising altitude of 3,500 feet to fly below the clouds. At 10:43 am, the flight crew requested permission to climb to 9,500 feet. The plane was then instructed to contact Husein tower at 10:45 am, but the latter didn't acknowledge. A few minutes later, Flight 424 crashed into the western slope of Mount Burangrang at an altitude of 5,400 feet at approximately 10:48 am. The wreckage was found four days later on January 28. All 21 occupants were killed.

The probable cause of the accident was the attempt by the pilot to fly over mountainous terrain when unsure of his position and in weather conditions which severely restricted visibility.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GA424 (GIA424) Garuda Indonesia Flight Tracking and History. FlightAware.
  2. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3C) PK-GDI Mount Burangrang. Harro. Ranter. aviation-safety.net.