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Accident | |
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Date | January 24, 1961 |
Summary | Pilot error, CFIT |
Site | Mount Burangrang, West Java |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3 |
Operator | Garuda Indonesian Airways |
Registration | PK-GDI |
Flight origin | Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia |
1st stopover | Husein Sastranegara Airport, Bandung, Indonesia |
Last stopover | Adisucipto Airport, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
Destination | Juanda Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia |
Occupants | 21 |
Passengers | 16 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 21 |
Survivors | 0 |
Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424 was a scheduled passenger flight on January 24, 1961, which crashed into Mount Burangrang, 15 km (9.3 mi) north of its destination. All 21 occupants were killed.[1][2]