Jakarta – Surabaya – Manado

On January 1, 2007 at 02:59 PM, Jakarta – Surabaya – Manado experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-400, operated by AdamAir, with the event recorded near Makassar (Ujung Pandang) South Sulawesi.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

102 people were known to be on board, 102 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 96, passenger fatalities: 96, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On 1 January 2007, a Boeing Company 737-4Q8 aircraft, registered PK-KKW, operated by Adam SkyConnection Airlines (AdamAir) as flight number DHI574, was on a scheduled passenger flight from Surabaya (SUB), East Java to Manado (MDC), Sulawesi, at FL350 (35,000 feet) when it disappeared from radar. The aircraft departed from Djuanda Airport, Surabaya at 05:59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) under the instrument flight rules (IFR), with an estimated time of arrival (ETA) at Sam Ratulangi Airport, Manado of 08:14. The fuel endurance on departure from Surabaya was hours 30 minutes, and the crew had flight planned for an alternate of Gorontalo (GTO). The pilot in command (PIC) was the pilot flying for the sector to Manado and the copilot was the monitoring/support pilot. There were 102 people on board; two pilots, 4 cabin crew, and 96 passengers comprised of 85 adults, 7 children and 4 infants.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-KKW, MSN 24070, year of manufacture 1989.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -5.1070°, 119.4955°.