Tragic Pilot Error Crash or, Why Sihanoukville Airport Closed After Opening
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Tragic Pilot Error Crash or, Why Sihanoukville Airport Closed After Opening
This is an old story, but some of you may not have heard of what is often referred to as the "Kampot (or Bokor Mountain) Plane Crash" which occurred on the way to Sihanoukville. However, as a result, much care was taken to upgrade the Sihanoukville Airport before resuming flights.
Cambodia's Second-Deadliest Air Crash: The Story Of PMTair Flight 241
By Joe Kunzler
Published 5 hours ago
A controlled flight into terrain crash of an old school airplane due to inclement weather, lack of modern navigation tools and pilot error.
On June 25, 2007, Progress Multi Trade Air Flight 241 of an Antonov An-24B crashed with a controlled flight into terrain at Phnom Dam Rey Mountain. According to the accident report, the Antonov An-24B turboprop requested to go lower over Sihanouk Ville Aerodrome – now Sihanouk International Airport – and did not see the rising terrain causing a crash killing all 22 souls aboard.
Sihanouk International Airport Jeppesen ILS Chart
Two significant consequences resulted directly from the crash. The first was that Sihanouk Ville Airport was shut down for four years and then rebranded as Sihanouk International Airport, with a full suite of modern navigation aids such as an ILS plus VOR and DME beacons, as one can see above.
The second was that even with Progress Multi Trade Air (PMT Air) ceasing operations in 2008, on January 16, 2011, Phnom Penh Post reported:
"A South Korean court ... ordered a Cambodian airline to pay 3.2 billion won ... to families of passengers killed in a 2007 plane crash near Bokor Mountain in Kampot province."
Full article here: https://simpleflying.com/pmtair-flight-241-crash-story/
Cambodia's Second-Deadliest Air Crash: The Story Of PMTair Flight 241
By Joe Kunzler
Published 5 hours ago
A controlled flight into terrain crash of an old school airplane due to inclement weather, lack of modern navigation tools and pilot error.
On June 25, 2007, Progress Multi Trade Air Flight 241 of an Antonov An-24B crashed with a controlled flight into terrain at Phnom Dam Rey Mountain. According to the accident report, the Antonov An-24B turboprop requested to go lower over Sihanouk Ville Aerodrome – now Sihanouk International Airport – and did not see the rising terrain causing a crash killing all 22 souls aboard.
Sihanouk International Airport Jeppesen ILS Chart
Two significant consequences resulted directly from the crash. The first was that Sihanouk Ville Airport was shut down for four years and then rebranded as Sihanouk International Airport, with a full suite of modern navigation aids such as an ILS plus VOR and DME beacons, as one can see above.
The second was that even with Progress Multi Trade Air (PMT Air) ceasing operations in 2008, on January 16, 2011, Phnom Penh Post reported:
"A South Korean court ... ordered a Cambodian airline to pay 3.2 billion won ... to families of passengers killed in a 2007 plane crash near Bokor Mountain in Kampot province."
Full article here: https://simpleflying.com/pmtair-flight-241-crash-story/
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