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1997 aviation accident in Malaysia

Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839
A Dornier 228 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date6 September 1997
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteLambir Hills National Park near Miri Airport, Miri, Malaysia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDornier 228
OperatorMerpati Intan on behalf of Royal Brunei Airlines
IATA flight No.BI839
ICAO flight No.RBA839
Call signBRUNEI 839
Registration9M-MIA
Flight originBrunei International Airport, Brunei
DestinationMiri Airport, Malaysia
Occupants10
Passengers8
Crew2
Fatalities10
Survivors0

Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 was a scheduled flight from Labuan to Bandar Seri Begawan and Miri, operated by Merpati Intan on behalf of Royal Brunei Airlines. On 6 September 1997, a Dornier 228, registered as 9M-MIA, conducting the flight crashed on approach to Miri, killing both crew members and all eight passengers on board.

Crew

The pilot-in-command was 40-year-old Captain Mohammad Tarmizi Muda, he was a former military pilot, and had a total of 3,947 flight hours, 783 were on the Dornier 228; The pilot-monitoring was 29-year-old First Officer Wong Lein Yee, with 1,120 total flight hours, he had 22 hours of experience on the Dornier 228.

Accident

Flight 839, a Dornier 228, took off from Brunei International Airport at 19:13 local time with eight passengers and two pilots on board for a short-haul flight to Miri Airport. The crew of flight 839 requested clearance to land at the airport. Air traffic control cleared the flight for the final approach to runway 02 but the flight crew did not radio back the control. At 19:42 while on approach to the runway, Flight 839 crashed into a slope at 500 metres (1,600 ft) in Lambir Hills National Park. The wreckage of the Dornier 228 was found at 07:10 the next morning.

See also

Notes

  1. Multiple news articles reported the flight number as 'BI238,' but according to the final report and ATC transcripts it's 'BI839.'

References

  1. ^ "Dornier 228-212, 9M-MIA, Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Merpati Intan Sdn. Bhd. 8.4 NM 174 Radial from Miri VOR, 6th September 1997" (PDF). Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Dornier 228-212 9M-MIA Miri". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  3. ^ Tan, Chin Siang; Tawie, Sulok (9 September 1997). "Ill-fated aircraft's detour puzzles DCA investigators". The New Straits Times.
  4. "Plane crash in Borneo claims all 10 on board". The Nation. Reuters. 8 September 1997. Retrieved 24 September 2022 – via Google News.
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