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Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fokker F-27 500F plane crash

Juanda, Indonesia

Key facts

Airline
Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Aircraft
Fokker F-27 500F
Location
Juanda, Indonesia
Date
26th March, 2001
People on board
3
Fatalities
3

Accident account

The aircraft was on a local training flight when, while on approach for its eighth touch and go landing, it was seen to bank sharply left and crash. There was one instructor and two student Captains aboard. All of them were killed.

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