Date: | Tuesday 27 July 2021 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Abyssinian Flight Services |
Registration: | ET-AMI |
MSN: | 208B1260 |
Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Kombolcha -
Ethiopia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Jijiga-Wilwal Airport (JIJ/HAJJ) |
Destination airport: | Dire Dawa-Aba Tenna D Yilma Airport (DIR/HADR) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operating for the UN's World Food Programme, suffered extensive damage following a forced landing near Kombolcha, Ethiopia. The aircraft was carrying two humanitarian staff members from Jijiga to Dire Dawa.
The aircraft came to rest nose down. The right-hand wing was severed, the right-hand main gear broke and there was extensive damage to the propeller, engine and nose gear area.
Sources:
wfp.org Location
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