Incident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter PK-BVY,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308007
 
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Date:Tuesday 7 February 2023
Time:
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: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Paro Airport -   Indonesia
Phase: Standing
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Timika-Moses Kilangin (Tembagapura) Airport (TIM/WAYY)
Destination airport:Paro Airport
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter was set afire by Papua freedom fighters.
Not only holding a pilot and five passengers hostage, Egianus' troops also burned a Susi Air plane with registration number PK-BVY at the airfield in Paro district, Nduga Regency, Papua Mountains.

Sources:

https://www.idntimes.com/news/indonesia/irfanfathurohman/kkb-akui-bakar-pesawat-susi-air-pilot-jadi-sandera-kami
Bj.2010. ex.HB-FNS.
https://en.tempo.co/read/1689395/hostage-taker-demands-release-of-papua-after-kidnapping-pilot-and-passengers-of-susi-air

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 March 2021 PK-BVY Susi Air 0 Wangbe Airfield, Wangbe District, Puncak Regency, Papua non

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