Incident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter PK-BVY,
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Date:Friday 12 March 2021
Time:06:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:Susi Air
Registration: PK-BVY
MSN: 973
Year of manufacture:2010
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Wangbe Airfield, Wangbe District, Puncak Regency, Papua -   Indonesia
Phase: Standing
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
After landing, the pilot and three passengers of a Pilatus Susi Air plane were taken hostage by armed men of the Free Papua Organization.
After two hours of negotiations, all four persons were released and the plane flew back to Moses Kilangin Timika Airport were it landed safely.

Sources:

https://lancangkuning.com/post/32385/opm-sandera-pilot-dan-3-penumpang-pesawat-susi-air-di-puncak-papua.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 February 2023 PK-BVY Susi Air 0 Paro Airport w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Mar-2021 07:10 gerard57 Added
13-Mar-2021 07:13 gerard57 Updated [Aircraft type]
13-Mar-2021 09:21 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn]

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