Zephair Flight 1120

Zephair Flight 1120
General Nature		Aviation disaster
Location		Oltum, Ikonia

Zephair Flight 1120 (ZA1120) was a scheduled passenger flight from Nexus, the capital city of Ikonia, to Dustgate, principal city of Bastion, that crashed into the Honua Kahiko OCH megastructure on 13 October 2186.

The inexperienced co-pilot, Tukk Konpala, was piloting the aircraft at the time of the accident. Originally an aviator from Sahrland, Konpala was undergoing training with Zephair as part of an enrollment programme. Heavy rain and inclement weather impaired visibility and neccesitated the use of instruments for navigation. He mistakenly believed the aircraft had overflown Kuluust, the turning point to fly west, and began descending towards what he thought was Quinarin Airport in Bastion. He failed to notice that instrument readings indicated he was still 22–27 km (14–17 mi) east of Kuluust. Konpala, upon descending below the low-lying clouds and regaining visual flight conditions, saw the north face of the Honua Kahiko and unsuccessfully tried to gain altitude. The aircraft struck the dome, shearing off both wings and the tail cone. The remaining portion of the fuselage passed through the relatively thin outer shell of the dome at an estimated 350 km/h (220 mph), falling 2,375 metres (7,791 ft) through the interior sky of the dome before impacting the ground.

The flight was carrying 87 passengers and eight crew, including 19 primes who had been attending a conference in Nexus. Seven crew members and 79 passengers died immediately and several more died soon after due to the severity of their injuries. Search and rescue aircraft were unable to observe the area due to the crash site's position within the dome, but aircraft patrolled the perimeter of the dome in case survivors or inhabitants left the area. Search and rescue efforts were called off after eight days of searching. It was assumed that nobody could have survived the crash.

Effect on the Honua Kahiko

More PSALM's were utilized during the cleanup operation than any other time in Ikonic history. Several inhabitants recieved such a high dosage of amnesiating PSALM's that the sulci in their brains were irreparably smoothed, rendering them permanently lobotomized.

Despite best efforts to conceil and suppress the incident, the inhabitants' culture has been irreparably altered by the visitation form outside the dome.

Political reaction

A recording of a phonecall between Apex Hector and the director of OCHKo control center regarding the enourmous cost of the celan-up operation.

“	wtf	”
—Putrid Hector, 21st Apex of the Ikonic Federation