Jakarta - Jakarta

On May 9, 2012 at 02:31 PM, Jakarta - Jakarta experienced a crash involving Sukhoi Superjet 100-95, operated by Sukhoï, with the event recorded near Mt Salak West Java.

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

45 people were known to be on board, 45 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 41, passenger fatalities: 41, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Aircraft was performing a demo flight and left Jakarta-Halim Perdanakasuma Airport at 1400LT with 41 passengers (potential buyers) on board and a crew of four. About thirty minutes later, while turning around Mount Salak, pilots received the authorization to descend from 10,000 feet to 6,000 feet in low visibility. Aircraft hit the edge of a cliff and crashed few yards further and was totally destroyed by impact and post impact fire. SAR teams arrived on scene 18 hours later and all 45 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were marginal with clouds shrouding both Mount Salak and Mount Gede. First accident involving a Sukhoi Superjet 100. Present model was manufactured 09AUG2009 and totalized 843 flying hours for 500 cycles. Captain had 10,347 flying hours and was a test pilot by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company.

Aircraft reference details include registration 97004, MSN 95004, year of manufacture 2009.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.7136°, 106.7385°.