NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Garuda Indonesia Flight 200

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (GA200) was the scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737 operated by Garuda Indonesia between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.^[1] The aircraft crashed and burst into flames while landing at Adisucipto International Airport on March 7, 2007. According to the airline, 21 passengers and 1 crew member were killed; both the pilot and the co-pilot survived and were admitted to an Indonesian military hospital.^[2] March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (67th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Adisucipto (or Adisutjipto) International Airport (IATA: JOG, ICAO: WARJ) is the principal airport serving the Yogyakarta area on the island of Java, Indonesia. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium to long range, narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. ... PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of Indonesia. ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium to long range, narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. ... PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of Indonesia. ... Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ... The Special Region of Yogyakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, or DIY), is a province of Indonesia on the island of Java. ... Adisucipto (or Adisutjipto) International Airport (IATA: JOG, ICAO: WARJ) is the principal airport serving the Yogyakarta area on the island of Java, Indonesia. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (67th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

Aircraft

The aircraft is a Boeing 737-400, registered as PK-GZC, which had been operated by three airlines, without incident, prior to Garuda Indonesia, including Aloha Airlines, Star Europe and Jet Airways.^[3] The aircraft had a total of 35,157 airframe hours and 37,328 cycles since its first flight on 5 November 1992.^[4] The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium to long range, narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of Indonesia. ... Aloha Airlines (IATA: AQ, ICAO: AAH, and Callsign: Aloha) is an airline headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii USA. It operates extensive scheduled services within the Hawaiian Islands, and between Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States. ... Jet Airways is a full-service scheduled airline based in Mumbai, India serving domestic and international routes. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Garuda Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia was recently noted for its improved safety, having not had a major accident for the past decade.^[5]The oldest airline in Indonesia (founded in 1949),^[6] Garuda Indonesia has received a number of criticisms recently. According to Australian aviation experts, Garuda Indonesia has one of the worst safety records among the world's national carriers.^[7] Since 1950, Garuda Indonesia has had 14 major accidents with the most recent in 1997, when Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashed 18 miles off Medan Airport in Sumatra, killing all 222 passengers.^[7] The managing director of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, Peter Harbison, stated that the major accidents in Indonesian aviation history were all caused by the combinations of airports' and fleets' low safety standards and the poor weather conditions in the area, including severe thunderstorms and other forms of inclement weather.^[7] PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of Indonesia. ... Aviation refers to flying using aircraft, machines designed by humans for atmospheric flight. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 was a Garuda Indonesia domestic flight from Jakarta to Medan. ... Polonia International Airport (IATA: MES, ICAO: WIMM) is located in the city of Medan, Indonesia, about 5km from the Central Business District. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470,000 kmÂ²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede, The Netherlands. ... Weather is a term that encompasses phenomena in the atmosphere of a planet. ...

Flight chronology

The Flight GA200 originated in Jakarta and was carrying 133 passengers, 19 of whom were foreigners.^[1] Several Australian journalists were on the flight, covering the visit of Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer and Attorney-General Philip Ruddock to Java.^[8] Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ... R. G. Casey House, the headquarters of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade This is a list of Australian Foreign Ministers: Note: Prior to 1970, the office was known as the Minister for External Affairs. ... Alexander John Gosse Downer, MP (born 9 September 1951), Australian politician, became Foreign Minister of Australia in March 1996. ... The Attorney-General of Australia is the chief law officer of the Crown and a member of the Federal Cabinet. ... Philip Maxwell Ruddock (born March 12, 1943), Australian politician, is the Attorney-General of Australia in the Coalition Government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard. ... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ...

At approximately 7 am local time (UTC+7), while attempting to land at Adisucipto International Airport, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the plane overran the end of the runway, went through the perimeter fence and stopped in a nearby rice field after it bounced three times.^[5] Passengers in the plane and witnesses on the ground reported the plane approached the runway at a speed greater than normal. According to passengers, the plane shook violently before it crashed.^[9] At some point the plane caught fire, and while most passengers were able to escape, a number of passengers perished inside the burning fuselage. This may have been caused by the broken main exit door, which is located at the front left.^[10] The fire may have been ignited from the nose landing gear after its wheels were snapped off, which were found later on the runway.^[11] UTC+7 is used in: Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam External links Find cities currently in UTC+7 Category: ... Adisucipto (or Adisutjipto) International Airport (IATA: JOG, ICAO: WARJ) is the principal airport serving the Yogyakarta area on the island of Java, Indonesia. ... The Special Region of Yogyakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, or DIY), is a province of Indonesia on the island of Java. ...

The pilot, Captain Muhammad Marwoto Komar, claimed that there was a sudden downdraft immediately before the flight landed, and that the flaps on the aircraft may have malfunctioned.^[12] It has been suggested that Thermal be merged into this article or section. ...

Aftermath

One of the passengers was a cameraman for the Australian Seven Network. He escaped from the burning wreckage with his camera and started filming the aftermath. He made a telephone call to inform the network's Sydney newsroom and the footage was beamed back to appear on the 6pm news of that night. This exclusive footage was viewed all over the world.^[2]^[13] Australian Federal Police agents Brice Steele and Mark Scott, Australian Embassy staffers Liz O'Neill (public relations officer) and Allison Sudradjat (Minister Counsellor and Senior Representative of AusAID), and Australian Financial Review newspaper journalist Morgan Mellish were among those killed.^[9] The Seven Network is an Australian television network. ... The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Public relations (PR) is the business, organizational, philanthropic, or social function of managing communication between an organization and its audiences. ... AusAID, fully the Australian Agency for International Development, is the Australian organisation responsible for delivering most non-military foreign aid. ... The Australian Financial Review is the leading business newspaper in Australia. ... Henry Morgan Saxon Mellish, better known as Morgan Mellish (born March 1970) was an Australian journalist for Fairfax Media. ...

Investigation

Australia was heavily involved in the investigation in which the Australian Federal Police disaster victim identification experts were deployed to the scene to assist with the identification of bodies.^[14] Australian Transport Safety Bureau staff assisted at the scene by inspecting the wreckage to attempt to piece together a picture of the incident. The "black box" recorders consisting of a flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were removed from the wreckage and flown to Canberra, Australia, for further analysis by the Bureau of Air Safety Investigations using equipment not yet available in Indonesia.^[14] The United States' National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a team to assist in the investigation, including representatives from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration.^[15] Staff in Australia could not read the cockpit voice recorder of the black box, which has therefore been sent to the Boeing factory in Seattle, United States, to be deciphered. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The Australian Transport Safety Bureau [1] (ATSB) is an operationally independent body within the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services and is Australiaâ€™s prime agency for transport safety investigations. ... The term black box refers to a collection of several different recording devices used in transportation: the flight data recorder, flight recorder and cockpit voice recorder in aircraft, the event recorder in railway diesel locomotives, the Event Data Recorder in automobiles and other recording devices in various vehicles. ... An example of a Flight Data Recorder The flight data recorder (FDR) is a flight recorder used to record specific aircraft performance parameters. ... In aircraft, the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) are used to record aircraft and pilot behavior in order to analyze accidents, and are usually called black boxes by the news media. ... For other meanings see Canberra (disambiguation). ... The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is a U.S. government independent organization responsible for investigation of accidents involving aviation, highway, marine, pipelines and railroads in the United States. ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is an aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ... FAA redirects here. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area - Total - Land - Water - % water 369. ...

Police started the investigation of the pilots, who had been suspended and were suffering from psychological trauma after the inferno.^{[attribution needed]} According to the pilots, a huge gust of wind was responsible for the disaster, while witnesses said that the plane came faster than normal speed during landing. Police are said to also be investigating the possibility of a detonator inside the aircraft, with Police spokesman Budi Santoso saying "About a suspicion of a detonator might have been found inside the ill-fated plane, we are still investigating it. To prove it, it will take a long time, and the police are still collecting evidence both from witnesses' information and from objects found from the plane wreckage,".^[16]

After the flight data and black box recordings were analyzed, and a complete safety review of the airport was conducted, it was revealed that the Yogyakarta Airport did not live up to international safety standards, having a runway runoff a quarter the recommended length; pilots reported the reverse thrust of one engine was not working prior to takeoff; the weather was calm, contradicting claims of an updraft; data recordings revealed no mechanical fault before landing; black box recordings revealed there was no cockpit argument, as reported; safety vehicles were unable to reach the crash site in sufficient time, not living up to global safety standards.^[17]

On 17 March 2007, new evidence from the flight data recorder indicated that wing flaps on the plane were not extended for landing.^[18] On 1 April 2007, it is reported that the pilot and co-pilot were arguing about the plane's speed,^[19] but other reports said there was no evidence for this.^[20] March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

On 11 April 2007, Indonesia's National Safety Transport Committee released a preliminary finding into the crash, confirming that Garuda Flight 200 was travelling at around 410 kph - almost twice the normal speed - when it came in to land. A Garuda Pilots' Association offical has speculated that the pilot could have been trying to save fuel due to a new fuel conservation bonus scheme recently introduced by Garuda Airlines.^[21] April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

See also

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References

^ ^a ^b "Indonesia crash survivors describe ordeal", swissinfo.org, Reuters, 2007-03-07. (in English)
^ ^a ^b Information on passengers of GA200. Garuda Indonesia (2007-03-07).
^ PK-GZC Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-497 - cn 25664 / ln 2393. Planespotters (2007-03-09). Retrieved on 2007 March 9.
^ ASN Aircraft accident description Boeing 737-497 PK-GZC - Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport (JOG):. Aviation Safety Network (2007-03-09). Retrieved on 2007 March 9.
^ ^a ^b Firdaus, Irwan. "115 escape Indonesia jet crash; 21 die", Associated Press, Chron News, 2007-03-07. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
^ Eagle, Stephen, Claire Leow. "Indonesia dismisses Garuda directors", Bloomberg, 2005-03-17. Retrieved on 2007-03-07. (in English)
^ ^a ^b ^c Ashton, Heath. "Garuda in world's worst category", Daily Telegraph, 2007-03-07. Retrieved on 2007-03-07. (in English)
^ Ruddock offers plane to crash survivors; The Age 7 March 2007; [1] accessed 8 March 2007
^ ^a ^b Firdaus, Irwan. "Flames engulf Indonesian jet, killing 21", Association Press Writer, Yahoo News, 2007-03-07. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
^ "Official: Indonesian plane's main exit didn't open", Reuters, CNN, 2007-03-09. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
^ "Plane's front wheels 'snapped off'", AAP, The Age Newspaper, 2007-03-08. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
^ "Pilot 'suicidal, blames wind gust'", NineMSN, 2007-03-09. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
^ Firdaus, Irwan. "Flames engulf Indonesian jet, killing 21", Associated Press Writer, 2007-03-07. Retrieved on 2007-03-07. (in English)
^ ^a ^b "Garuda black box arrives in Australia", AAP, NEWS, 2007-03-9. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
^ National Transportation Safety Board (7 March 2007). NTSB SENDING TEAM TO ASSIST INDONESIA IN INVESTIGATION OF 737 CRASH. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
^ Police still collect evidences on plane crash - The Jakarta Post - Obtained March 16, 2007.
^ "Plane Hit At Twice Usual Speed".
^ "Wing flap failure in crash jet", Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 2007.
^ "Garuda crash pilots argued over speed - investigator", Reuters. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
^ "Garuda crash inquiry update", Radio Australia. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
^ "Garuda crash pilot may have been trying to save fuel", ABC News Online. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.

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