Date: | Monday 23 July 2007 |
Time: | 13:00 |
Type: | Antonov An-24B |
Owner/operator: | Aquiline |
Registration: | EX-030 |
MSN: | 07306103 |
Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Shinile -
Ethiopia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Dire Dawa-Aba Tenna D Yilma Airport (DIR/HADR) |
Destination airport: | Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB/HDAM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Antonov was loaded with a shipment of about 6 tons of qat. Shortly after takeoff from Dire Dawa, at an altitude of 3500 feet, one engine failed. The An-26 crashed while the pilot attempted an emergency landing. The cockpit and tail sections broke off but no fire broke out.
Sources:
Accident d'un avion de Djibouti Airlines (RTD 23-7-2007)
Le PDG de Djibouti Airlines promet des indemnisations aux victimes du crash (24-7-2007)
Soviet Transports Location
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