Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
The wreckage of Flight 152 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 September 1997 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain in low visibility, pilot error and ATC Error. |
| Site | Sibolangit, near Polonia International Airport, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia 03°20′28.2″N 98°34′26.6″E / 3.341167°N 98.574056°E |
| Aircraft | |
| PK-GAI, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Ngurah Rai International Airport in 1988 | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A300B4-220 |
| Operator | Garuda Indonesia |
| IATA flight No. | GA152 |
| ICAO flight No. | GIA152 |
| Call sign | INDONESIA 152 |
| Registration | PK-GAI |
| Flight origin | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Indonesia |
| Destination | Polonia Internationall Airport, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Occupants | 234 |
| Passengers | 222 |
| Crew | 12 |
| Fatalities | 234 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (GA152/GIA152) was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Garuda Indonesia from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Indonesia, to Polonia International Airport, Medan, Indonesia. On 26 September 1997, the Airbus A300B4-220 flying the route crashed into mountainous woodlands near the village of Buah Nabar, Sibolangit, killing all 222 passengers and 12 crew members on board. It is the deadliest aviation disaster in Indonesia's history, and the fourth-deadliest involving an Airbus A300.