Garuda Indonesia Flight 152

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
Wreckage of the aircraft
Accident
Date26 September 1997 (1997-09-26)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain in low visibility attributed to pilot error and ATC error.
Site
Aircraft

PK-GAI, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 1988
Aircraft typeAirbus A300B4-220
OperatorGaruda Indonesia
IATA flight No.GA152
ICAO flight No.GIA152
Call signINDONESIA 152
RegistrationPK-GAI
Flight originSoekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Indonesia
DestinationPolonia International Airport,
Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Occupants234
Passengers222
Crew12
Fatalities234
Survivors0

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 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.