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Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibl, Bintang Mountains Regency, killing all 54 people on board.
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Trigana Air Flight 267
2015 aviation accident in Indonesia
Trigana Air Flight 267 was a scheduled passenger flight from Sentani to Oksibil in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua. On 16 August 2015, the ATR 42 turboprop operating the service crashed on approach in the Bintang highlands region of Oksibil, killing all 49 passengers…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
ATR 42
Regional turboprop airliner family
The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France. On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale and Aeritalia . The ATR 42-300 performed its maiden…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Oksibil
Town in Highland Papua, Indonesia
Oksibil is a town and a district of Highland Papua in Indonesia that is also the administrative centre of the Pegunungan Bintang Regency. According to the 2010 census the district had a population of 4,087 inhabitants and on 2018 it increased to 4,566. The town is divided into…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bintang Mountains Regency
Regency in Highland Papua, Indonesia
Pegunungan Bintang Regency or Bintang Mountains Regency is a regency in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It was created on 11 December 2002 from the north-eastern districts of Jayawijaya Regency. It covers an area of 15,683 km2, and had a population of 65,434 at the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 16
Day of the year
August 16 is the 228th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)