1 Jul 1993: Fokker F-28 Fellowship 3000 — Merpati Nusantara Airlines

41 fatalities • ca 0,9 km NE of Sorong-Jefman Airport (SOQ)

Accident narrative

Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (MZ724/MNA724) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines from Pattimura Airport in Maluku's provincial capital Ambon to Jefman Airport in Sorong, Irian Jaya ; both in Indonesia. On 1 July 1993, the aircraft operating the flight, a Fokker F28 Fellowship 3000 registered as PK-GFU, crashed into the sea after it struck a small hill near Jefman Airport. 41 of the 43 people on board were killed in the crash.

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