- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 31, 2003
Time: 1521
Location: Baucau, East Timor
Operator: Euro Asia Aviation
Flight #: ?
Route: Macau - Baucau
AC Type: Ilyushin II-76TD
Registration: RDPL-34141
cn / ln: 0053465941
Aboard: 6   (passengers:2  crew:4)
Fatalities: 6   (passengers:2  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane struck ground 2 km short of the runway in heavy fog. The flight crew did not comply with the published non-precision instrument approach. The flight crew conducted user-defined non-precision instrument approaches to Runway 14 at Baucau during flight in instrument meteorological conditions. The pilot in command permitted the aircraft to descend below the MDA.
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