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SMAC CASA NC-212-A4 plane crash

Bintan Island, Indonesia
SMAC CASA NC-212-A4 plane crash - Bintan Island, Indonesia

Key facts

Airline
SMAC
Aircraft
CASA NC-212-A4
Location
Bintan Island, Indonesia
Date
12th February, 2011
People on board
5
Fatalities
5

Accident account

The Casa C-212-100 Aviocar belonging to Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter (S.M.A.C) took off from Batam, Indonesia, for a test flight, with a flight crew of two and three technicians on board. The plane was supposed to come back to Batam after the test. The plane disappeared from radar screen several minutes after takeoff. All the five occupants were killed.

The airplane had just undergone maintenance in Batam, during which an engine had been changed. The plane then performed a test flight. It was enroute between Tanjung Berakit and the village of Malang Rapat (around 9 NM (17 km) South-South-East of Tanjung Berakit) about 30 minutes into the flight when the airplane disappeared from radar. The wreckage was later found in a mud puddle on the ground.

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