Flight history SilkAir Flight 185

a boeing 737-300 similar aircraft involved in incident

the aircraft operating flight 185 boeing 737-300 manufacturer serial number 28556, registered 9v-trf , powered 2 cfm56-3b2 engines. having completed maiden flight in january 1997, aircraft delivered silkair in february 1997, 10 months before crash. @ time of accident, newest aircraft in silkair s fleet , had accumulated 2,238 flight hours in 1,306 cycles.

carrying 97 passengers , crew of seven, boeing 737 departed jakarta s soekarno-hatta international airport s runway 25r @ 15:37 local time (08:37 utc) planned 80-minute flight singapore changi airport, captain tsu way ming (朱卫民), 41, of singapore, former a-4 skyhawk pilot, @ controls along first officer duncan ward, 23, of new zealand. fair weather expected route, except thunderstorms near singkep island, 120 km (75 mi) south of singapore.

the aircraft cleared climb flight level 350 (fl350), 35,000 ft (11,000 m), , head directly palembang. @ 15:47:06, while climbing through 24,500 ft (7,468 m), crew requested clearance proceed directly waypoint pardi (0°34′s 104°13′e / 0.567°s 104.217°e / -0.567; 104.217). @ 15:53, crew reported reaching cruise altitude of fl350 , cleared proceed directly pardi, , report abeam palembang. @ 16:05, cockpit voice recorder (cvr) ceased recording. tv series mayday argues captain tsu may have taken opportunity of leaving cockpit tripping cvr circuit breaker in order turn off cvr. @ 16:10, air traffic controller informed flight abeam palembang , instructed aircraft maintain fl350 , contact singapore control upon reaching pardi. first officer ward acknowledged call. @ 16:11, 6 minutes after cvr ceased recording, flight data recorder (fdr) stopped recording. mayday shows tsu thought of having came excuse duncan out of cockpit. once done, pilot proceeded lock own co-pilot out of flight deck before disabling data recorder; ming presumed have done in order ensure there no record of going next.

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