SilkAir Flight 185

1997 plane crash in Indonesia
Event aviation_accident Q1272213
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SilkAir Flight 185

Summary

SilkAir Flight 185 is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (766 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • SilkAir Flight 185 is in the country of Indonesia[3].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's image is recorded as B737, 9V-TRF, Silk Air.jpg[4].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's image is recorded as Recovered wreckage of SilkAir flight MI185 (9V-TRF).jpg[5].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's instance of is recorded as aviation accident[6].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's item operated is recorded as Boeing 737-300[7].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's operator is recorded as SilkAir[8].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's location is recorded as Musi River[9].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's location is recorded as Palembang[10].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's Commons category is recorded as SilkAir Flight 185[11].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's aircraft registration is recorded as 9V-TRF[12].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's point in time is recorded as +1997-12-19T00:00:00Z[13].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -2.4583333333333, 'lon': 104.93666666667}[14].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04bv5n[15].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's has cause is recorded as pilot suicide[16].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+104'}[17].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+97'}[18].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+7'}[19].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's depicted by is recorded as Pushed to the Limit[20].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[21].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's start point is recorded as Soekarno–Hatta International Airport[22].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's destination point is recorded as Singapore Changi Airport[23].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[24].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's Aviation Safety Network accident ID is recorded as 19971219-0[25].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's vessel is recorded as Boeing 737[26].
  • SilkAir Flight 185's Singapore Infopedia ID is recorded as SIP_1576_2009-09-30[27].

Why It Matters

SilkAir Flight 185 ranks in the top 5% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (766 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . asiaone.com. Retrieved . asiaone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . asiaone.com. Retrieved . asiaone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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