2023 SAM Air Cessna Grand Caravan crash

3°52′43.67″S 139°27′16.07″E / 3.8787972°S 139.4544639°E / -3.8787972; 139.4544639AircraftAircraft typeCessna 208 Caravan 675OperatorSAM AirCall signPK-SMWFlight originElelim Airport, Elelim, Yalimo Regency, Highland PapuaDestinationPoik Airfield, Welarek, Yalimo Regency, Highland PapuaOccupants6Passengers4Crew2Fatalities6 ^[1]Survivors0

On 23 June 2023, a Cessna 208 Caravan 675^[2] operated by Semuwa Aviasi Mandiri (SAM Air) carrying four passengers and two crew crashed at 10.53 WIT in Yalimo Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia.^[3]

External videos
Footage of the aftermath on YouTube

Accident

The plane involved in the accident was a Cessna 208 Caravan 675, registered PK-SMW, flying to Poik Airfield, Highland Papua.^[3] It departed from Elelim Airport in Yalimo Regency, at approximately 10:53 a.m. local time. According to an Indonesian Ministry of Transportation spokesman, eight minutes after takeoff the plane lost contact.^[3]

The accident occurred approximately 12 km from Elelim Airport.^[2]

Gallery

SAM Air PK-SMW wreckage at crash location
Search and rescue teams team in Yalimo Papua

References

^ "6 Jenazah Korban Kecelakaan Pesawat SAM Air Berhasil Dievakuasi" [6 Bodies of SAM Air Aircraft Accident Victims Evacuated]. kompas.com (in Indonesian). 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
^ ^a ^b "ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208 Caravan 675 PK-SMW Elelim". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c Putri, Raden Nurul Fitriana (2023-06-23). "Ini Kronologi Kecelakaan Pesawat SAM Air yang Jatuh dan Terbakar di Pegunungan Papua" [This is the chronology of the SAM Air plane crash that crashed and caught fire in the mountains of Papua]. Jawa Pos (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-06-23.

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