Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 836 was a scheduled domestic flight between
Sorong
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and
Manokwari
Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital of the Indonesian province of West Papua. It is one of only seven provincial capitals of Indonesia without a city status. It is also the administrative seat of Manokwari Regency. However, under pro ...
, Indonesia. On 13 April 2010, the flight, operated by
Boeing 737-300
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Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Febru ...
PK-MDE, overran the runway on landing. The aircraft broke into three pieces. All people on board survived, although 44 suffered injuries.
Accident
At 11:00
local time
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(02:00
UTC), Flight 836 overran the runway on landing at Rendani Airport, Manokwari, Indonesia on a scheduled domestic flight from Sorong Airport, Sorong. 44 people were injured, including ten seriously.
The flight was carrying 103 passengers and six crew.
The weather at the time was raining and misty. After departing the end of the runway, the aircraft struck some trees, tearing off the port wing. The fuselage ended up some beyond the end of the long runway at Rendani Airport. The tail of the aircraft broke off and came to rest in the creek off the northern end of Runway 35.
Merpati Boeing 737 skids off the runway at Manokwari
, Miyuru ( K FLYER ), airlineindustryreview.com, 13 April 2010[
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Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-322 registration PK-MDE, msn
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24600.[ The aircraft first flew on 16 March 1990 and entered service with ]United Airlines
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had been unserviceable since 10 April 2010.[ The destroyed aircraft is visible on Google Earth.
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Consequences
As a result of the crash a total of seven safety recommendations were issued, five to the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and two to the airline. The DGCA was instructed to review numerous airport facilities against Indonesian safety regulations, as well as Merpati Nusantara's safety regulations, and ensure that they were met. The airline was to conduct a review of its safety regulations, as well as a review of airports it serves to ensure that were capable of handling aircraft as large as a Boeing 737.[
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Gallery
Merpati Manokwari crash 2010-2.jpg, Damage to the cabin of Flight 836
Merpati Manokwari crash 2010-3.jpg, The split, destroyed Boeing 737 shortly after the incident
References
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