Air India Express Flight 1344 was a scheduled international flight on 7 August 2020 from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Kozhikode, India, landing at Calicut International Airport. The flight was part of the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate Indian nationals stranded due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia Pacific Claims Management worked with 6 families in [...]
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8 January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shortly after takeoff, killing all 176 occupants on board. Asia Pacific is currently [...]
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing that lost contact with air traffic control on 8 March 2014 at 01:20 MYT, less than an hour after takeoff. At 07:24, Malaysia Airlines reported the flight missing. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was carrying 12 Malaysian crew members and [...]
The Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft operated by airlines PNG crashed 33 km south east of Madang, Papua New Guinea. 28 people were fatally injured in the crash with four passengers surviving. Asia Pacific is currently assisting a large number of the victims families in pursuing possible claims.
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737-497 operated by Garuda Indonesia between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia, carrying 140 passengers. The aircraft crashed and burst into flames while landing at Adisucipto International Airport on 7 March 2007. 21 passengers and 1 crew member were killed; 5 Australians were amongst [...]
Adam Air Boeing B-737-4Q8 went missing between Surabaya and Mandan, Indonesia on 1 January 2007 whilst carrying 102 passengers and crew. It is believed that the aircraft crashed into the sea. The bodies of those that died and the wreckage has not been recovered. The crash is one of several transportation accidents which among them [...]
On 7 May 2005, a Fairchild Aircraft Inc. SA227-DC Metro 23 aircraft with two pilots and 13 passengers, was being operated by Transair on a regular public transport service from Bamaga to Cairns, with an intermediate stop at Lockhart River, Queensland. At approximatly 11:45 the aircraft impacted terrain in the Iron Range National Park [...]
Lion Air Flight 538, a McDonnell Douglas MD 82 was a scheduled flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to Juanda International Airport in Surabaya with a stopover at AdiSumarmoAirport,Surakarta. The aircraft carrying 156 passengers and 7 crew overran the runway whilst landing at Surakarta. There were wet conditions in the area at the time due [...]
On 10 January 2002, Flight 421 operated by Garuda Indonesia experience a double engine failure after entering severe turbulence during a thunderstorm. Miraculously the pilots were able to perform an emergency landing of the plan on a river near Klaten, Java. Of the 60 crew and passengers onboard, one crew member perished with 44 passengers [...]
On May 18, 2001, a Bell 407 helicopter, Philippine registration RP-C2345, was destroyed during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Puerto Princesa, in the Palawan Islands, in the Republic of the Philippines. The commercial pilot, the flight mechanic, and the 4 passengers were fatally injured. Asia Pacific assisted 3 families [...]
