Trigana Air Boeing 737- 400 suffers runway excursion on landing

Yesterday a Trigana Air Boeing 737- 400 operating a cargo flight between Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport (HLP/WIHH), Indonesia and Makassar-Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG/WAAA), Indonesia suffered a runway excursion on landing. Just after departure at Jakarta Airport the pilots suffered a technical issue with the aircraft’s right main landing gear. The decision was made to return to Jakarta. The aircraft landed on the left main gear, nose gear and right engine pod. Shortly after, the aircraft skidded off the runway and came to a stop with all gears collapsed. None of the four crew members was injured.

Following image appeared on social media:

                        PHOTO CREDIT: JACDED VIA TWITTER

To date the airline has a total of 19 serious incidents, 12 of which resulted in hull loss, making it one of the unsafest airlines in the world.

On the 13th September 2016, a Trigana Air Boeing 737-300 freighter (registered PK-YSY MSN 23597) was operating domestic flight TGN 7321 from Sentani Airport, Jayapura to Wamena Airport, Indonesia. During a hard landing on runway 15 at Wamena Airport, the aircraft broke both main gears. The Boeing 737 slid to a stop on the runway, coming to rest partially on the grass. Nobody was hurt.

Another incident was on the 25th February 2020, a Trigana Air Boeing 737-300 (PK-YSG MSN 23930) operated a domestic flight IL 7341 from Jayapura-Sentani Airport to Wamena Airport in Indonesia, but received damage to its undercarriage in a runway excursion upon landing at Jayapura Sentani Airport. The four crew members were able to safely escape. As the runway was blocked, a number of arriving and departing traffic wasn’t able to operate. Airport authorities removed the 737 from the runway.

Aircraft Information:

Airline: Trigana Air

Code: IL/TGN

Aircraft: Boeing 737-4YO

Registration: PK-YSF

Serial Number: 23869

Date First Flew: 15/11/1988

Age: 32.3 Yrs

Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-3C1

Aircraft History
05/12/1988  HL-7251 Asiana Airlines 
23/12/2003 PK-YTZ Batavia - Ceased operations 31st Jan. 2013 
01/10/2013 PK-YSF  Trigana Air Service