Vickers Viscount crash, Jul 24, 1992 (70 killed), Ambon-P...
Vickers Viscount accident on July 24, 1992 near Ambon-Pattimura, Maluku, Indonesia with 70 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain. The crew...
- Date: July 24, 1992
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Ambon-Pattimura, Maluku, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 70
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain. The crew let the aircraft descend below a safe altitude on approach, possibly because of an instrument misreading or malfunction.
Mandala Airlines Flight 660, a Vickers Viscount, was on approach to Ambon's Pattimura Airport in heavy rain when it struck Mount Lalaboy about 14 km from the runway threshold at 2,300 feet. The aircraft broke up on impact. All 70 occupants were killed.