Boeing 737-200 crash, Oct 3, 2006, Tarakan
Boeing 737-200 accident on October 3, 2006 near Tarakan, West Kalimantan, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: Landing in smoke-restricted visibility...
- Date: October 3, 2006
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Tarakan, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Landing in smoke-restricted visibility below minimums, after which the aircraft lost directional control on the runway. No official cause was found in the sources reviewed.
A Boeing 737-200 landed at Tarakan in thick smoke from forest fires, with visibility around 400 m, below minimums. After touchdown it veered off the runway, lost its undercarriage and one engine, and came to rest. All 110 occupants escaped uninjured.