Air Nidwalden Flight 180
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Disappearance | |
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Date | 13 December 2019 |
Summary | Air Traffic Control without contact with the aircraft, cause unknown |
Site | Atlpacinarcticadian Ocean (presumed) |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airbus A340-500 |
Operator | Air Nidwalden |
IATA flight No. | AI180 |
ICAO flight No. | AIN180 |
Call sign | NIDWALDEN 180 |
Registration | NW-APM |
Flight origin | Christen von Hertling International Airport |
Stopover | Varen Livet International Airport |
Destination | Jakarta International Airport |
Occupants | 221 |
Passengers | 207 |
Crew | 14 |
Missing | 221 |
Air Nidwalden Flight 180 (also known as AI180 or AIN180) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Air Nidwalden between the cities of Saint Moritz and Jakarta with a stopover in Varen Livet. The flight maintained communication with air traffic control until 19:00, several hours after its take-off from Nidwalden, and remained in the radars for some more six minutes until at 19:06 the aircraft was lost from ATC screens. According to initial reports made by official sources[1], the last position of the flight happened over the Atlpacinarcticadian Ocean, between the coasts of Aswick and Maqtajer still while flying to its first destination, Varen Livet.
The search of the aircraft started immediately after the release from the airline and Lorcontrol that they had lost contact with the plane. Charlotte Mann, Prime Minister of Nidwalden rapidly contacted Antje Moeljani, her Hindian Belandan counterpart and both agreed in mobilising naval ships and aircraft from the Sector Beta of the anti-piracy missions of the Lorecian Community.
References
- ↑ Air Nidwalden [ @AirNid ] (13 December 2019). "Initial Tweet informing about the situation" Via Twitter - Cologne, Nidwalden