Image from : www.habermonitor.comBy : Awaneer
29 September - It is the 4th crash this year involved C212 plane. Furthermore it is the second one in Indonesia this year alone. 2011 might be the not so lucky for the C212 plane and its passengers.
To date in its 35-year history of the CASA C-212, there have been the 80 hull-loss occurrences, 70 of which have had a total of 540 fatalities not including in the newest accident in Indonesia. On average 15.5 percent of all occupants survived fatal accidents. Chile has recorded four fatal accidents in which C-212 military aircraft have been involved. However, the accident rate cannot be easily compared with that of other aircraft because the C-212 is considered a special plane designed for demanding applications and for use in extreme conditions, particularly in short airport runways. They are used as freight planes (rear loading ramp), troops transport, parachuting and Coast Guard surveillance at regular airports, but also in remote unpaved airstrips in Africa, in remote mountainous areas or Antarctic regions.
The multi-purpose transport aircraft was produced by the Spanish manufacturer CASA, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA, today EADS CASA ( Airbus Military ). Let's see some facts of this cutie beauty old lady the C212 :
1. High-wing STOL twin turboprop
2. Ton load capacity.
3. 25 soldiers/paratroopers
4. Aerial delivery (HAD and LAPES)
5. Two pallets 88”x54”
6. Maritime patrol version (Patrullero)
7. 474 aircraft sold / 93 operators / 42 countries
This cutie beauty old lady in fact the king in its own class!
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Indonesia Plane Crash
The west of Indonesia's small airplane carrying 18 people crashed in a mountainous region. On board are feared dead .
Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan, North Sumatra to the Spanish-made CASA C-212 type aircraft to ACE, a 30-minute flight, said that half of the tower lost contact with.
Cessation of the Air Force liaison officer in a few minutes Hutagol Bonar After the pilot gave the alarm of danger, but said that the aircraft radar again.
Eyewitnesses said the plane dropped the mountainous village of Bahorok.
Search and rescue teams were mobilized region were recorded.
