Airplane Crash - Papua, New Guinea 08/28/1972
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Papua, New Guinea
| Date | 08/28/1972 |
| Time | 14:30 |
| Location | Papua, New Guinea |
| Operator | Military - Royal Australian Air Force |
| Route | Lae - Port Moresby |
| Type | de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou |
| Registration | A4-233 |
| Aboard | 29 |
| Fatalities | 25 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | While traveling through a valley, the pilot reversed his course after the weather deteriorated. He began to climb but clipped trees just below a ridge, lost control of the aircraft and crashed. The pilot's error in judgement in not flying about the poor weather in the valley. |
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