Synopsis

The flight from Jakarta to Medan was, at first glance, unremarkable. Then, an extraordinary presence filled the sky: smoke from widespread forest fires, a hazy curtain draped across all of Southeast Asia. Yet, the tragedy of Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 on September 26, 1997, was not the work of nature. Rather, it stemmed from a cascade of preventable human errors. A misdialed number by an air traffic controller, a faulty altitude setting, and a navigational mistake conspired to bring down the ai