Garuda Indonesia Flight 200

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200
Wreckage of the aircraft
Accident
Date7 March 2007 (2007-03-07)
SummaryRunway overrun caused by overspeed approach and improper landing configuration due to pilot error
Site
Aircraft

PK-GZC, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 2005
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-497
OperatorGaruda Indonesia
IATA flight No.GA200
ICAO flight No.GIA200
Call signINDONESIA 200
RegistrationPK-GZC
Flight originSoekarno-Hatta International Airport
DestinationAdisucipto International Airport
Occupants140
Passengers133
Crew7
Fatalities21
Injuries112
Survivors119

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (GA200/GIA200) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737-400 operated by Garuda Indonesia between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The aircraft overran the runway, crashed into a rice field and burst into flames while landing at Adisucipto International Airport on 7 March 2007. Twenty passengers and one flight attendant were killed. Both pilots survived, and were fired shortly after the accident occurred. It was the fifth hull-loss of a Boeing 737 in Indonesia within less than six months and was the most recent accident with fatalities involving the airline.