Boeing 737-300 9VTRF

19 December 1997 · Indonesia · Fatal

Summary

On 19 December 1997 at about 00:00 local time, a Boeing 737-300 registered 9VTRF, operated by Silkair, was involved in an accident near Indonesia. 97 people were on board and 97 died. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 December 1997 at 00:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Indonesia
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
Registration: 9VTRF
Operator: Silkair
Operating rule: Part 129: Foreign
Purpose of flight: Unknown
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Aircraft damage: Not recorded
NTSB number: DCA98RA013

People

97 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
97	97	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA98RA013, from the public aviation accident database.

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