KLM Flight 844

KLM Flight 844
	A KLM L-1049 similar to the one involved in the crash.
Accident
Date	16 July 1957
Summary	Pilot error or possible technical failure (undetermined)
Site	Cenderawasih Bay, off Biak-Mokmer Airport, Biak Islands, Dutch New Guinea;
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lockheed 1049E Super Constellation
Aircraft name	Neutron
Operator	KLM
Registration	PH-LKT
Flight origin	Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK/WABB)
Destination	Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL)
Occupants	68
Passengers	59
Crew	9
Fatalities	58
Survivors	10

Date16 July 1957

SummaryPilot error or possible technical failure (undetermined)

Site

Cenderawasih Bay, off Biak-Mokmer Airport, Biak Islands, Dutch New Guinea

AircrafttypeLockheed 1049E Super Constellation

KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) Flight 844 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Biak-Mokmer Airport, Dutch New Guinea (now Indonesia) to Manila International Airport, Manila, Philippines on 16 July 1957, which crashed into Cenderawasih Bay 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi; 0.65 nmi) from its departure airport.^[1]^[2] As a result, 58 (9 of which were crew members) out of 68 onboard perished. The flight was the first leg of a service with the ultimate destination of Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[1]

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v t e Lockheed Constellation family
Model numbers	L-049 L-051 L-084 L-104 L-139 L-149 L-249 L-349 L-449 L-549 L-649 L-749 L-849 L-949 L-1049 A B/F L-1149 L-1249 L-1449 L-1549 L-1649
Names	Constellation (I) Constellation (II) Constellation (III) Speedfreighter Starliner Super Constellation (I) Super Constellation (II)
Military designations	B-30 C-69 C-121 F EC-121 PO R7O/R7V -2 WV W2V
Accidents and incidents	TWA Flight 513 (1946) TWA Flight 6963 (1946) Pan Am Flight 121 (1947) Pan Am Flight 1-10 (1948) 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster Pan Am Flight 100 (1949) Air France Flight 009 (1949) TWA Flight 903 (1950) Air India Flight 245 (1950) Panair do Brasil Flight 099 (1950) Pan Am Flight 151 (1951) Air France Flight 152 (1953) Air France Flight 178 (1953) KLM Flight 633 (1954) 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation crash Air India Flight 300 (1955) El Al Flight 402 (1955) Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (June 1956) 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (November 1956) KLM Flight 844 (1957) Varig Flight 850 (1957) KLM Flight 607-E (1958) Aeronaves de México Flight 111 (1958) Lufthansa Flight 502 (1959) TWA Flight 891 (1959) Avianca Flight 671 (1960) Air France Flight 343 (1960) 1960 New York mid-air collision Air France Flight 406 (1961) TWA Flight 529 (1961) Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 (1961) Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (1962) 1962 Paraná da Eva Panair do Brasil Lockheed Constellation crash Flying Tiger Line Flight 923 (1962) Paradise Airlines Flight 901A (1964) Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 (1964) 1965 Carmel mid-air collision Iberia Flight 401 (1965) LANSA Flight 501 (1966) 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident
Notable aircraft	Avion Pirata Columbine II Kashmir Princess
Topics	Operators Variants

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia before 2000
1940s	Qantas Short Empire shootdown (January 1942)* New Guinea Gremlin Special rescue (May 1945)* RAAF Douglas C-47 disappearance (December 1945)* Yogyakarta Dakota incident (July 1947)*
1950s	Air India Flight 300 (April 1955) KLM Flight 844 (July 1957)*
1960s	Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424 (January 1961) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 542 (February 1961) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708 (February 1967)
1970s	Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crash (November 1971) Pan Am Flight 812 (April 1974) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150 (September 1975) Garuda Fokker F28 crash (July 1979)
1980s	Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 (March 1981) Garuda Fokker F28 crash (March 1982) British Airways Flight 009 (June 1982) Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 (April 1987)
1990s	Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash (October 1991) Mandala Airlines Flight 660 (July 1992) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601 (October 1992) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (July 1993) Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 (December 1996) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106 (April 1997) Sempati Air Flight 304 (July 1997) Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (September 1997) SilkAir Flight 185 (December 1997)
"*" denotes an incident that took place in either the Dutch East Indies or Netherlands New Guinea 1940–1999 ► 2000–2009

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Accident
A KLM L-1049 similar to the one involved in the crash.
Date	16 July 1957 (1957-07-16)
Summary	Pilot error or possible technical failure (undetermined)
Site	Cenderawasih Bay, off Biak-Mokmer Airport, Biak Islands, Dutch New Guinea
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lockheed 1049E Super Constellation
Aircraft name	Neutron
Operator	KLM
Registration	PH-LKT
Flight origin	Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK/WABB)
Destination	Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL)
Occupants	68
Passengers	59
Crew	9
Fatalities	58
Survivors	10