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Old 2nd Oct 2015, 18:20
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Preliminary report released.

PT. Trigana Air Service, PK–YRN, ATR 42-300 Preliminary Report

Some info from the report:
The flight was the 5th flight of the day for the crew and the aircraft and the second flight on the same route of Jayapura to Oksibil.

Oksibil weather at the time: broken clouds, cloud bases at 8,000ft MSL (4,000 ft AGL), 4-5km visibility on final, winds 110 at 9 kts.

Crew had contacted the airport's AFIS officer 5 minutes before the crash, stating intention to enter left base RWY 11.

Crash site was found at 8,300 ft MSL altitude, bearing 306 degrees 10nm from the airport.

The CVR did not record any GPWS warning up to the impact.

The CVR also did not record any crew briefing and checklist reading.

Data retrieval from the FDR was unsuccessful. They will try to again at the BEA facility in Paris.
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