- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 11, 2009
Time: 1114
Location: Near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Operator: Airlines PNG
Flight #: 4684
Route: Port Moreby - Kokoda
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Registration: P2-MCB
cn / ln: 441
Aboard: 13   (passengers:11  crew:2)
Fatalities: 13   (passengers:11  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft crashed on the eastern side of the Kokoda Gap, about 11 kms. southeast of Kokoda Airport. The aircraft impacted steep, heavily timbered terrain in a near-level altitude. Significant layers of clouds were in the area between the altitudes of 800 and 18,000 ft. with isolated showers and thunderstorms and embedded Cumulo Nimbus clouds.
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