Tag: Retracted Flaps And Slats
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On This Day In 2005, Mandala Airlines Flight 091 lifted off from Medan-but with its flaps and slats retracted, a hidden configuration error that proved fatal.
On September 5, 2005, Mandala Airlines Flight 091 was preparing to fly from Medan’s Polonia Airport to Jakarta, carrying 112 passengers and five crew members aboard a Boeing 737-230 Advanced registered PK-RIM. The aircraft, then 24 years old, had already completed an earlier flight from Jakarta that morning with the same crew. At about 10:03…
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