- | 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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