Batavia - Bandung

On March 12, 1947 at 09:30 AM, Batavia - Bandung experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force - ML-KNIL, with the event recorded near Mt Burangrang West Java.

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

26 people were known to be on board, 26 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 24, passenger fatalities: 24, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was completing a flight from Batavia to Bandung, carrying 24 passengers and a crew of two. While descending to Bandung Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with clouds and rain falls. In poor visibility, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Burangrang. The wreckage was found 23 days later and all 26 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VHREZ.

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