The Straits Times, p. 3. 0000004158 00000 n A memorial for SilkAir crash victims. At 15:37 Silkair flight 185 took off from Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta Airport runway 25R with the captain as the handling pilot. (2000, December 14). The flight departed about 15:37 local time with 97 passengers, five cabin crew and two cockpit crew. Evidence points to a serious mechanical failure, but when the full story of SilkAir Flight 185 is finally revealed. 0000003614 00000 n SilkAir passengers and crew roster. Richardson, M. (2000, December 19). At 4.10.18 pm local time, the Jakarta air traffic control (ATC) informed MI 185 that it was abeam Palembang and instructed it to maintain its cruising level of 35,000 ft and to contact the Singapore ATC when at PARDI, an ATC reporting point. 2. Boldsky. SilkAir Flight 185, a Boeing 737-36N, registration 9V-TRF, was a scheduled passenger flight from Jakarta, Indonesia to Singapore, which crashed on 19 December 1997 after abruptly plunging into the Musi River from its 35,000 feet cruise altitude, killing all 97 passengers and 7 crew on board. SilkAir Flight 185 Crash, Indonesia, 1997 International Herald Tribune. (1997, December 21). US planemaker Boeing drops legal action against SilkAir and Flight MI 185 pilot. WhisperToMe 14:57, 6 November 2019 (UTC) The National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) of Indonesia led the official investigations, with assistance from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States (US), the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Australian Bureau of Air Safety Investigation. Aviation disasters: The world’s major civil airliner crashes since 1950. Retrieved from NewspaperSG; Hicks, B. All their lives were tragically ended when the Boeing 737-300 plunged into the … (1997, December 21). (1990). (2000). 0000002428 00000 n Zuraidah Ibrahim & Teo, G. (1998, January 20). This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the SilkAir Flight 185 article. US planemaker Boeing drops legal action against SilkAir and Flight MI 185 pilot. The Jakarta Post. Evidence of the faulty rudder had been recovered in 2003.25 After news of the discovery emerged, Boeing dropped its claim that pilot suicide had caused the crash and withdrew its lawsuit against SilkAir, and SilkAir’s insurer likewise dropped its lawsuit against Boeing.26AuthorValerie ChewReferences1. Carley, W., & Brady, D. (1998, July 31). SilkAir Flight MI 185, while on its way to Singapore from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, nosedived into Musi River near the city of Palembang in South Sumatra, Indonesia, on 19 December 1997 at about 4.13 pm local time. 0000007298 00000 n SilkAir probe yields new clue about the pilot. Retrieved from Factiva via NLB’s eResources website: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/21. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.26. After the incident, SilkAir stopped using the number MI 185 for its daily afternoon Jakarta–Singapore flight.2DescriptionThe plane left Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 3.37 pm local time and was scheduled to arrive at Singapore Changi Airport at 6.05 p.m. Singapore time. All feared dead in SilkAir crash. ܺ&�����Y�rG���j��B�L&�F�E����J�%�|}�L#ե�Y#���>:n;�ǻ�~Eh{fO���K�*�3����&�S����fj����g�`9�`oZB]��@��=�ˤ�����'sXa$��~12F�;Ƒe�.8i�#��JP�c�yC����#/+i�' �5ڸ#������n6#�yMhj�L?���{�y]�������;��|FIO;ȝx�Fr8H[UN����q��[J]&zm�ݚ�'��"F��Y�U*�n��g��*��=E�������6��by+[YY��NOL�$�'��ؒd�.���Oe�'��!TUn��W( (1997, December 20). In fact, the NTSC found no evidence to firmly support any of the possible explanations for the crash, including mechanical or electrical failure, weather, air traffic control and pilot action.16 It attributed the lack of conclusion to the absence of data from the recorders for the plane’s final moments and the severe fragmentation of the wreckage.17Of all the scenarios considered, the most disturbing was that of pilot suicide. 16. Please note that this forum is full of homophobes, racists, lunatics, schizophrenics & absolute nut jobs with a smattering of geniuses, Chinese chauvinists, Moderate Muslims and last but not least a couple of "know-it-alls" constantly sprouting their dubious wisdom. The flight received clearance to climb to FL350 and to head directly to Palembang. (2000). (2003, December 16). The Straits Times, p. 24. (Call no. 5. 0000019056 00000 n Retrieved from NewspaperSG.SilkAir passengers and crew roster. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.24. International Herald Tribune. Lim, A. The Straits Times, p. 1. The Slim 10 saga in 2002 involved a number of people who were diagnosed with adverse health effects after consuming ... A Qantas-BOAC Constellation G-ALAM airliner named Able Mike crashed during its landing at the now-defunct Kallang Airport ... Haze is an air-borne mixture of pollutants that includes soot particles, carbon dioxide and other toxic gases.