Martinair Flight 138
aviation accident
Martinair Flight 138 was a flight from Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, to Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Dutch airline Martinair was driving the flight for Garuda Indonesia.The plane was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-55CF.[1] On 4 December 1974, it fell into a mountain before it came to to the airport. 9 crew members (people who are working on the flight) and 182 passengers died. Almost all the people on the flight were going to Hajj. [2][3][4][5]
 A Martinair Douglas DC-8 similar to the plane in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 December 1974 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Maskeliya, Sri Lanka 6°53′32″N 80°29′26″E / 6.89222°N 80.49056°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-55CF[1] |
| Operator | Martinair on behalf of Garuda Indonesia |
| Registration | PH-MBH |
| Flight origin | Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia |
| Stopover | Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Destination | Jeddah International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Passengers | 182 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 191 |
| Survivors | 0 |
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Francillon, René J. (1988). McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920 ([Rev. ed.]. ed.). Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. p. 592. ISBN 0870214284.
- ↑ "1970". martinair.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ "Martinair Holland Flight 138 Hits Mountain Descending into Rising Terrain". timelines.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 TC-JAV Bois d'Ermenonville". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
Other websites change
- "Report on the accident to Martinair DC-8 PH-MBH on 4th December 1974 at Theberton Estate, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka." ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-55F PH-MBH Maskeliya - Posted on the website of the Aviation Safety Network (ASN)
- "Report on the Accident to Martinair DC 8 PH-MBH on 4th December 1974 at Theberton Estate, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka." Sri Lanka Ministry of Transport Department of Civil Aviation (Archive) - Posted on the website of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka