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Posted: **Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:08 pm**

A Dash-8 crashed in PNG leaving 28 dead. Both pilots survived (an Australian and a New Zealander). Do we know any details?

Dan

Posted: **Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:15 pm**

One person here that could shed some light on conditions , used to fly around this area is Waka172 , ex Dash8 pilot for PNG only returning home recent .

Posted: **Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:23 pm**

It will be interesting to find what happened here its relatively flat with hills/mountains on the out skirts.
You get violent thunderstorms / embedded thunderstorms all the time either go into a hold or if safe enuff try
to make visual follow the river around to the threshold. Sounds like they wer enroute to madang.

Posted: **Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:14 am**

Very strange for the two pilots to survive but not the majority of the passengers. Maybe indicates a fire.

Posted: **Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:45 am**

connor wrote:
QUOTE (connor @ Oct 15 2011,10:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Maybe indicates a fire.

Evidence?

Posted: **Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:30 am**

victor_alpha_charlie wrote:
QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Oct 15 2011,11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Evidence?

No, there hasn't been any mention of a fire but it seems strange that the two people sitting at the front of the plane survived and many in the cabin didn't.

Posted: **Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:38 am**

That's not uncommon in air accidents - the nose area isn't always the first part to hit the ground, and the pilots are usually better restrained than the passengers.

Posted: **Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:42 am**

FlyingKiwi wrote:
QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Oct 16 2011,10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That's not uncommon in air accidents - the nose area isn't always the first part to hit the ground, and the pilots are usually better restrained than the passengers.

also adding , the terrain is also a large factor , so rugged in that area , cross a knoll and you survive , only that second counts

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