Aviation in Indonesia The aviation safety records in Indonesia continued to plummet in a series of flight accidents, including Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 emergency landing on the Bengawan Solo River (16 January 2002, killing 1 stewardess), and Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 in Yogyakarta (7 March 2007, killing 21). In June 2007, the European Union banned Garuda Indonesia, along with all other Indonesian airlines, from flying into any European country due to poor safety records. The ban on Garuda Indonesia was lifted in July 2009. By the 2010s, the condition of Indonesian aviation began to improve compared to the previous decade. The air travel
Garuda Indonesia Flight 150 Garuda Indonesia Flight 150 Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 150 was a scheduled Indonesian domestic passenger flight from Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport, Palembang. On September 24, 1975, Flight 150 crashed on approach due to poor weather and fog just 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) from the town of Palembang. The accident killed 25 out of 61 passengers and crew on board and an additional person who was killed on the ground. The Fokker F-28 Fellowship registration PK-GVC was built in 1971 and had done over 1000 hours of flying time before the fatal accident. Garuda Indonesia Airways