On 18 October 1992, A CASA/IPTN CN-235-10 PK-MNN of Merpati Nusantara Airlines operating on Flight 5601 crashed on a domestic flight from Semarang to Bandung killing all 27 passenger and 4 crews aboard.
On 13 May 2014, An Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320-216, registration PK-AXM performing flight QZ662 to Singapore, encountered a bird strike on one of its engines shortly after takeoff and decided to return to Semarang for safety reasons.