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2026 Sekadau helicopter crash

16 Apr 2026 · Tapang-Tingang Village, Nanga Taman District, Sekadau Regency, West Kalimantan, 00°12'00" S and 110°44'00" E

PT Matthew Air Nusantara Airbus H130 · Crashed on Puntak Hill, Sekadau Regency, West Kalimantan

From PT Cipta Mahkota Helipad, Melawi Regency, West Kalimantan to PT Graha Agro Nusantara 1 Helipad, Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
8 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
8
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Unknown

Airbus H130

Aircraft type
Airbus H130
Category
Helicopter · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
PK-CFX
Onboard fatalities
8
Route
From PT Cipta Mahkota Helipad, Melawi Regency, West KalimantanTo PT Graha Agro Nusantara 1 Helipad, Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

The 2026 helicopter crash in Sekadau was an accident that occurred on 16 April 2026 when an Airbus H130 helicopter crashed in hills in Sekadau Regency, West Kalimantan, killing all passengers.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Indonesian Wikipedia article “Kecelakaan helikopter Sekadau 2026” (revision 29424587, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Indonesian Wikipedia article: Kecelakaan helikopter Sekadau 2026
Article
Kecelakaan helikopter Sekadau 2026
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
29424587 · 2026-07-06 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
id Wikipedia article "Kecelakaan helikopter Sekadau 2026" (page 4714107, revision 29424587), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Indonesian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.