Adam Air Flight 574

Adam Air Flight 574
PK-KKW, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2006
Accident
Date1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)
SummaryIn-flight breakup due to inertial navigation system malfunction leading to spatial disorientation; pilot error[1][2]
SiteMakassar Strait off Majene, Sulawesi, Indonesia
03°40′44″S 118°09′4″E / 3.67889°S 118.15111°E / -3.67889; 118.15111
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-4Q8
OperatorAdam Air
IATA flight No.KI574
ICAO flight No.DHI574
Call signADAM SKY 574
RegistrationPK-KKW
Flight originSoekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia
StopoverJuanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
DestinationSam Ratulangi International Airport, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Occupants102
Passengers96
Crew6
Fatalities102
Survivors0

Adam Air Flight 574 (KI574 or DHI574) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Adam Air between the Indonesian cities of Jakarta, Surabaya and Manado[3] that crashed into the Makassar Strait near Polewali in Sulawesi on 1 January 2007.[4] All 102 people on board were killed, making it the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 737-400.

A national investigation was launched into the disaster. The final report, released on 25 March 2008, concluded that the pilots lost control of the aircraft after they became preoccupied with troubleshooting the inertial navigation system and inadvertently disconnected the autopilot.[1] Despite a series of safety incidents, which contributed to the shut down of Adam Air in 2008, this was the only incident resulting in fatalities during the airline's 5-year existence.

Together with the subsequent crash of Flight 172 and several other transportation accidents, the crash contributed to the United States' downgrading of its safety rating of Indonesian aviation. This eventually led to large-scale transportation safety reforms in Indonesia. All Indonesian airlines were banned from flying into the European Union for several years after the crash. After numerous warnings by the authorities to Adam Air to implement safety regulations went unheeded, the airline was banned from flying by the Indonesian government in March 2008, and declared bankruptcy in June of the same year.[5]

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  2. ^ https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070101-0 Contains final report and probable causes Obtained 13 January 2019
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