trimwheel
15th Aug 2015, 23:21
Ex-Ersa PAC750 operated by KomalaAir crashed on approach at Ninia. Engine entered the cockpit killing the engineer and seriously injuring the [young low hours Indo] pilot. Several pax also badly hurt...
..they were initially heading for the wrong airstrip when the pax insisted on going to the destination on their tickets.
Weather bad.
The pilot had never been to Ninia before and the Engineer had to guide him ....to the extent that the pax described him as the copilot. They finally approached from below the threshold, chickened out at the last moment and went around, had to turn sharply to avoid terrain and stalled a wing.
Also talk of not wearing shoulder harness ...pilot still critical in Wamena - which I assume means as good as dead.
No regard for safety in this place.
..they were initially heading for the wrong airstrip when the pax insisted on going to the destination on their tickets.
Weather bad.
The pilot had never been to Ninia before and the Engineer had to guide him ....to the extent that the pax described him as the copilot. They finally approached from below the threshold, chickened out at the last moment and went around, had to turn sharply to avoid terrain and stalled a wing.
Also talk of not wearing shoulder harness ...pilot still critical in Wamena - which I assume means as good as dead.
No regard for safety in this place.