BAe ATP crash, Apr 19, 1997 (15 killed), Tanjung Pandan-H...
BAe ATP accident on April 19, 1997 near Tanjung Pandan-H. AS. Hanandjoeddin, Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia with 15 fatalities. Cause: The left engine...
- Date: April 19, 1997
- Aircraft: BAe ATP
- Location: Tanjung Pandan-H. AS. Hanandjoeddin, Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 15
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The left engine failed on approach for unknown reasons and its propeller was feathered, after which the aircraft lost control.
A Merpati Nusantara BAe ATP on a scheduled flight from Jakarta to Tanjung Pandan rolled left at about 2,000 feet on final approach and crashed into a coconut grove roughly 1,500 metres short of the runway. Fifteen of the 53 people aboard died, including four crew; the rest were rescued.