AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS

On 19 December 1997 SilkAir Flight 185 a Boeing 737-300 operated by SilkAir Singapore on its way from Jakarta to Singapore crashed at about 16:13 local time into the Musi river near Palembang South Sumatra. All 97 passengers and seven crew members were killed. Prior to the sudden descent from 35000 feet the flight data recorders stopped recording at different times. There were no mayday calls transmitted from the airplane prior or during the rapid descent. The weather at the time of the crash was fine.