Air Nidwalden Flight 180

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Air Nidwalden Flight 180
Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A340-313X; OY-KBI@CPH;10.05.2013 706cs (8758422197).jpg
An Airbus A340-500 similar to the missing aircraft
Disappearance
Date13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)
SummaryAir Traffic Control without contact with the aircraft, cause unknown
SiteAtlpacinarcticadian Ocean (presumed)
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAirbus A340-500
OperatorAir Nidwalden
IATA flight No.AI180
ICAO flight No.AIN180
Call signNIDWALDEN 180
RegistrationNW-APM
Flight originChristen von Hertling International Airport
StopoverVaren Livet International Airport
DestinationJakarta International Airport
Occupants221
Passengers207
Crew14
Missing221

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. Via Tweeter, Charlotte Mann, Prime Minister of Nidwalden announced the instructions for the mobilisation of the Nidwaldester Air Force to a previously delimited area in the ocean where Lorcontrol received the last contact; the measure was followed by Rudolf Schoorl, Prime Minister of Noordenstaat and Antje Moeljani, his Hindian Belandan counterpart, who agreed in mobilising naval ships and aircraft from the Sector Beta of the anti-piracy missions of the Lorecian Community.

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Investigation

International cooperation

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References

  1. Air Nidwalden [ @AirNid ] (13 December 2019). "Initial Tweet informing about the situation" Via Twitter - Cologne, Nidwalden