Jakarta - Palembang

On September 24, 1975 at 12:00 AM, Jakarta - Palembang experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by Garuda Indonesian Airways, with the event recorded near Palembang-Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II South Sumatra.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

61 people were known to be on board, 26 fatalities were recorded, 35 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 42.6%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 57, passenger fatalities: 21, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Palembang-Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport, the crew encountered foggy conditions that reduced the visibility to 50 meters. On final approach, the airplane descended too low when it struck coconut trees and crashed about 4 km short of runway 28. All four crew members and 21 passengers were killed as well as one people on the ground. All 36 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-GVC, MSN 11039, year of manufacture 1971.