SilkAir Flight 185
On December 19, 1997 a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 operated as SilkAir Flight 185 was a flight from Jakarta to Singapore with 97 passengers and 7 crew members on-board, which crashed into the Musi River for unknown reasons killing all 104 people on-board.
Occurrence summary | |
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Date | 19 December 1997 |
Summary | Cause disputed:
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Place | Musi River, Palembang, Indonesia 2°27′30″S 104°56′12″E / 2.45833°S 104.93667°ECoordinates: 2°27′30″S 104°56′12″E / 2.45833°S 104.93667°E |
Passengers | 97 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 104 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-36N |
Airline/user | SilkAir |
Registration | 9V-TRF |
Flew from | Soekarno–Hatta Int'l Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia |
Flying to | Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore |
The cause of the crash remains disputed for the National Transportation Safety Committee, but the National Transportation Safety Board concludes the crash as a pilot suicide by the captain. But the Los Angeles Court thinks that the cause of the crash was a rudder malfunction.
Passengers and crew
SilkAir issued a press release on 19 December 1997 with a passenger count by nationality,[1] and another the following day with crew details and a complete passenger manifest.[2]
Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total |
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Singapore | 40 | 6 | 46 |
Indonesia | 23 | 0 | 23 |
Malaysia | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Mexico | 7 | 0 | 7 |
United States | 5 | 0 | 5 |
France | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Belgium | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Germany | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Cuba | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 |
United Kingdom | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Israel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 |
India | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Taiwan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 97 | 7 | 104 |
SilkAir Flight 185 Media
Parts of the wreckage of 9V-TRF, recovered from the Indonesian Musi River
References
- ↑ SilkAir (1997-12-19). "Report No. 3, Friday 19 December 1997, 2145hrs (Singapore time)". Press release. http://www.singaporeair.com/silkair/news.htm. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ SilkAir (1997-12-20). "Report No. 7, Saturday 20 December 1997, 1100 hrs (Singapore time)". Press release. http://www.singaporeair.com/silkair/news.htm. Retrieved 2021-11-03.