Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 was an Indonesian domestic scheduled passenger flight, operated by military-owned airline Dirgantara Air Service, from South Kalimantan's provincial capital of Banjarmasin to Sampit, the capital of the East Kotawaringin Regency.

On 7 December 1996, a CASA C-212 Aviocar registered as PK-VSO crashed into a gas plant shortly after take off from Syamsudin Noor International Airport.

[1] The flight took off from Syamsudin Noor International Airport around 15:30 local time with 15 passengers and 2 crew members and was heading to Sampit, a city known for its strategic location and economy in South Kalimantan.

The crew then stated that they would "return to base", but whilst making an emergency landing they lost control of the aircraft and it crashed through the rooftops of PT.

The repatriation and identification progress were observed by the then South Kalimantan Governor, Gusti Hanan Aman.

The surgery was conducted by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Dedi Zamhuri from the nearby Indonesian Air Force Military Hospital.

[3] According to the ATC worker in Syamsudin Noor Airport, Captain Herybert had announced the engine failure and had stated his intentions to make an emergency landing.

[3] In response to the crash, the Governor of South Kalimantan visited the survivor and the injured shortly after hearing the news.

[3] The insurance company told the media that there would be compensation for each passengers and crew members at Rp 40 million each person.