Trigana Air Boeing 737 suffers damage while landing

A Trigana Air Boeing 737 freighter, registered PK-YSZ, was involved in a serious incident while performing a cargo flight from Jayapura (DJJ) to Wamena (WMX) in Indonesia on July 28, 2020.

According to the details, the aircraft skidded on the runway on landing after an unstabilized approach, damaging its left wing. The plane touched down with the left-wing low, causing the wingtip and flaps to come into contact with the runway.

As per media reports, the Boeing 737-300 was arriving in Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, transporting 14,000 kilograms of mixed goods. According to footage, the aircraft carried out an unstabilized approach and skidded on the runway of Wamena Airport, (WMX), also in the Papua Province.

Yesterday’s incident continues a rather sorry safety record for the airline that is only 29 years old. In 2002, a Trigana Air Services de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed in heavy rain, killing all six people onboard.

In 2008, an ATR 42-300 operating a passenger flight crashed in a rice field near Balikpapan, Indonesia as both engines had failed in-flight. In 2012, a de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter got shot at while coming into land at Mulia Airport in Papua. One passenger died, however, both pilots were injured causing the plane to crash into a building at the airport.

Three years later, in 2015, another Trigana Air Services ATR 42-300 crashed in the Bintang Highlands, killing all 54 people on the flight. An investigation later attributed the cause to pilot error and the failure of the ground proximity warning system. More recently, there was another incident involving a Trigana Air Services Boeing 737-300. In January, significant damage occurred to the undercarriage of a 737 freighter following a runway excursion in Jayapura.

Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee is opening an investigation into yesterday’s incident involving Trigana Air Services.

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