1971 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crash
A Viscount 701 of Cambrian Airways, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 November 1971 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Off Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 828 |
| Aircraft name | Sabang |
| Operator | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration | PK-MVS |
| Flight origin | Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Destination | Tabing Airport, Padang, Indonesia |
| Occupants | 69 |
| Passengers | 62 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 69 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 10 November 1971, a Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount, registration PK-MVS, crashed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, after telling air traffic controllers they could not make their destination due to bad weather. All 69 people aboard the aircraft were killed in the crash. It remains the third worst Vickers Viscount accident.