Air Nidwalden Flight 180
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 An Airbus A340-500 similar to the missing aircraft | |
| Disappearance | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 December 2019 |
| Summary | Air Traffic Control without contact over 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.
References
- ↑ Air Nidwalden [ @AirNid ] (13 December 2019). "Initial Tweet informing about the situation" Via Twitter - Cologne, Nidwalden