Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206
Garuda Indonesian Airways | |
Registration | PK-GNJ |
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Flight origin | Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta |
Stopover | Talang Betutu Airport, Palembang |
Destination | Polonia Airport, Medan |
Passengers | 48 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 7 (5 hijackers, 1 commando, and the pilot) |
Injuries | 2 |
Survivors | 46 |
Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 was a Garuda Indonesia flight that was hijacked on 28 March 1981, by the Komando Jihad in Indonesia. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 plane PK-GNJ was hijacked on a domestic flight and forced to land at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The hijackers demanded the release of their confederates from Indonesian jails and issued other demands. Three days later, the aircraft was stormed by Indonesian special forces. In the ensuing operation, all five hijackers were killed, while the pilot and one Kopassus operative were mortally wounded. All passengers were rescued.
Incident
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9, named Woyla, was scheduled to take off from
Operation Woyla
Operation Woyla | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Indonesia Thailand | Komando Jihad | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lt.Col Sintong Panjaitan | Imran bin Muhammad Zein | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
No specific units | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
35 soldiers Kopassus 20 soldiers RTAF | 5 Hijackers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 soldier dead | 4 hijackers dead (1 died on the flight back to Jakarta) |
The Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces, Admiral Sudomo, immediately ordered the
The Thai government finally approved the raid with the assistance of the
Aftermath
Achmad Kirang, the wounded Kopassus team member who was shot in the abdomen, died the following day on 1 April 1981 at Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital in Bangkok. Captain Herman Rante, the plane's pilot who was shot in the crossfire, also died in Bangkok a few days later. Kirang and Rante's remains were transported from Bangkok to Jakarta, where they were both later interred in Kalibata Heroes Cemetery.
The entire Kopassus team, including leader Lieutenant Colonel Sintong Panjaitan, were awarded the Bintang Sakti by the Indonesian government and were promoted. Achmad Kirang was posthumously double promoted.[2]
Garuda Indonesia continues to operate the flight number 206 as of March 2024, now serving the route between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, using a Boeing 737-800.[3]
In popular culture
A film based on the incident was scheduled for production in 2014, but was cancelled.[4]
See also
References
- OCLC 51242376.
- ISBN 978-602-412-122-8.
- ^ "GA206 (GIA206) Garuda Indonesia Flight Tracking and History". FlightAware. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Mappapa, Pasti Liberti (5 October 2016). "Film Operasi Woyla Terhambat Dana". Retrieved 1 December 2021.
Further reading
- Hutabarat, Arifin (1989). To Our Beloved Country: The History of Garuda Indonesia. Ganesia P.R. p. 54. OCLC 21396891.
- Sebastian, Leonard C. (2006). Realpolitik ideology: Indonesia's use of military force. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 168. ISBN 981-230-310-3.
- Oktorino, N (2013). Konflik Bersejarah-Greatest Raids. Elex Media Computindo. ISBN 9786020214498.