- | 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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