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Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 542
	A Garuda Indonesian Airways Douglas DC-3
Disappearance
Date	3 February 1961
Summary	Missing, presumed crashed into the sea
Site	Off Madura Island
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-3
Operator	Garuda Indonesian Airways
Registration	PK-GDY
Flight origin	Juanda Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia
Destination	Sepinggan Airport, Balikpapan, Indonesia
Occupants	26
Passengers	21
Crew	5
Fatalities	26 (presumed)
Missing	26
Survivors	0 (presumed)

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Garuda Indonesia Flight 542 was a scheduled passenger flight on 3 February 1961, which was reported missing en route from Surabaya to Balikpapan. All 26 occupants on board were lost in the accident.^[1]

Flight

The aircraft departed Surabaya-Juanda Airport at 11:35 pm inbound for Balikpapan. While in cruising altitude, the airplane disappeared from radar screens and presumably crashed into the Java Sea. Search and rescue operations were conducted but eventually suspended after a few days, as no trace of the aircraft nor the 26 occupants was found. The crew was unable to send any distress call prior to the accident. Due to a lack of evidence, it was not possible to determine the exact cause of the accident.

References

^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK PK-GDY Madura Island". Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[1] "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK PK-GDY Madura Island". Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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 {{Infobox Aircraft accident
-| name            = Garuda Indonesian Airways flight 542
+| name            = Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 542
-| Date            = {{start-date|February 3, 1961}}
+| Date            = {{start date|1961|02|03|df=y}}
-| Type            = Unknown
+| Type            = Missing, presumed crashed into the sea
-| occurrence_type = Accident
+| occurrence_type = Disappearance
-| image           = Garuda_Indonesia_Douglas_DC-3_TTT-1.jpg
+| image           = Garuda Indonesia Douglas DC-3 TTT-1.jpg
 | caption         = A Garuda Indonesian Airways Douglas DC-3
-| Site            = off [[Madura Island]]
+| Site            = Off [[Madura Island]]
 | Origin          = [[Juanda International Airport|Juanda Airport]], [[Surabaya]], Indonesia
 | Destination     = [[Sepinggan Airport]], [[Balikpapan]], Indonesia
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 | Crew            = 5
 | Fatalities      = 26 (presumed)
+| Missing         = 26
 | Survivors       = 0 (presumed)
 }}
+'''Garuda Indonesia Flight 542''' was a scheduled passenger flight on 3 February 1961, which was reported missing en route from [[Surabaya]] to [[Balikpapan]]. All 26 occupants on board were lost in the accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610203-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK PK-GDY Madura Island|accessdate=20 March 2022}}</ref>
+==Flight==
-'''Garuda Indonesia Flight 542''' was a scheduled passenger flight on February 3, 1961, which was reported missing enroute from Surabaya to Balikpapan. All 26 occupants on board were lost in the accident.
+The aircraft departed [[Juanda International Airport|Surabaya-Juanda Airport]] at 11:35 pm inbound for Balikpapan. While in cruising altitude, the airplane disappeared from radar screens and presumably crashed into the [[Java Sea]]. [[Search and rescue]] operations were conducted but eventually suspended after a few days, as no trace of the aircraft nor the 26 occupants was found. The crew was unable to send any distress call prior to the accident. Due to a lack of evidence, it was not possible to determine the exact cause of the accident.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+{{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1961}}
+{{Garuda Indonesia}}
+{{Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia}}
+[[Category:1961 in Indonesia]]
+[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1961]]
+[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia]]
+[[Category:Garuda Indonesia accidents and incidents|Flight 542]]
+[[Category:February 1961 events in Asia]]
+[[Category:1961 disasters in Indonesia]]

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia, the Dutch East Indies, and Netherlands New Guinea
1940s- 1960s	Qantas Short Empire shootdown (January 1942)* RAAF Douglas C-47 disappearance (December 1945)* Dakota VT-CLA (July 1947)* Air India Flight 300 (April 1955) KLM Flight 844 (July 1957)* Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424 (January 1961) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 542 (February 1961) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708 (February 1967)
1970s- 1980s	Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash (November 1971) Pan Am Flight 812 (April 1974) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150 (September 1975) 1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash (July 1979) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 (March 1981) 1982 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)
2000s	Dirgantara Air Service Flight 3130 (November 2000) Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 (January 2002) Lion Air Flight 538 (November 2004) Nias Island Sea King crash (April 2005) Mandala Airlines Flight 091 (September 2005) Adam Air Flight 574 (January 2007) Adam Air Flight 172 (February 2007) Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (March 2007) Sriwijaya Air Flight 062 (August 2008) Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 crash (April 2009) Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash (April 2009) Indonesian Air Force L-100 crash (May 2009) Mimika Air Flight 514 (April 2009) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760D (August 2009)
2010s	Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 836 (April 2010) Qantas Flight 32 (November 2010) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968 (May 2011) Nusantara Buana Air Flight 823 (September 2011) Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash (May 2012) Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 crash (June 2012) Lion Air Flight 904 (April 2013) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6517 (June 2013) Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (December 2014) Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash (June 2015) Trigana Air Flight 267 (August 2015) Aviastar Flight 7503 (October 2015) Batik Air Flight 7703 (April 2016) Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash (October 2016) Indonesian Police PZL M28 Skytruck crash (December 2016) Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash (December 2016) Lion Air Flight 610 (October 2018)
2020s	Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 (January 2021)
"*" denotes an incident that took place in either the Dutch East Indies or Netherlands New Guinea