Banjarmasin - Surabaya

On February 11, 1942 at 11:30 PM, Banjarmasin - Surabaya experienced a crash involving Dornier DO.24, operated by Royal Netherlands Navy - Marineluchtvaartdienst, with the event recorded near Madura Island East Java.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While cruising along the shore off Madura Island, the crew was forced to ditch the aircraft due to enemy fire. Two engines failed and the aircraft crashed off shore and sunk quickly. Four crew members were killed while two others were rescued. Complete story on http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=48726

Aircraft reference details include registration X-29, MSN 699.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -7.0589°, 113.2839°.