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2021 Boeing 737-200 PK-JRW accident

18 Dec 2021 · Papua, Indonesia

Jayawijaya Dirgantara Boeing 737-200 · Under investigation

From Sentani International Airport to Wamena Airport

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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
Unknown
Event fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
2
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
0
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
Airline

Boeing 737-200

Aircraft type
Boeing 737
Category
Airplane · 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-JRW
Onboard fatalities
0
Route
From Sentani International AirportTo Wamena Airport

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 2021 Boeing 737-200 PK-JRW accident was an unscheduled cargo flight operated by a Jayawijaya Dirgantara Boeing 737-200 between Sentani International Airport, in Papua, and Wamena Airport. On 18 December 2021, the Boeing 737-200 took off from Sentani International Airport at 08:31 (UTC) and shortly after the aircraft reached rotation speed for takeoff, a bang was heard and the aircraft experienced strong vibration. At 09:03 (UTC), the aircraft landed safely at Sentani. After the aircraft parked, the engineer checked the right engine and discovered that the engine was severely damaged. All 2 occupants on board survived.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Portuguese Wikipedia article “Acidente do Boeing 737-200 prefixo PK-JRW em 2021” (revision 65331986, 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

Portuguese Wikipedia article: Acidente do Boeing 737-200 prefixo PK-JRW em 2021
Article
Acidente do Boeing 737-200 prefixo PK-JRW em 2021
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
65331986 · 2023-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q111917658
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
pt Wikipedia article "Acidente do Boeing 737-200 prefixo PK-JRW em 2021" (page 6830899, revision 65331986), 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
Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A Boeing 737 cargo flight run by a cargo operator between Sentani and Wamena: an airline cargo flight. The article: "an unscheduled cargo flight operated by a Jayawijaya Dirgantara Boeing 737-200"
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Portuguese Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.