Jakarta – Bandung – Yogjakarta – Surabaya

On January 24, 1961 at 10:48 AM, Jakarta – Bandung – Yogjakarta – Surabaya experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Garuda Indonesian Airways, with the event recorded near Mt Burangrang West Java.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

21 people were known to be on board, 21 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 16, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Jakarta Airport at 1009LT on a flight to Surabaya with intermediate stop at Bandung and Yogjakarta. The crew continued at 3,500 feet and received the permission to climb to 9,500 feet at 1043LT. At this time, the crew was requested to contact Bandung Tower. Five minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 5,400 feet, the airplane struck the west slope of Mt Burangrang. The wreckage was found four days later and all 21 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-GDI, MSN 19672, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.9286°, 107.6179°.