Date: | Monday 1 May 2006 |
Time: | 13:10 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102 |
Owner/operator: | United Nations - UN |
Registration: | C-GLPP |
MSN: | 67 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 40 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Zwedru Airport -
Liberia
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB/GLRB) |
Destination airport: | Zwedru Airport |
Narrative:The DHC-7 was operating under charter agreement with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) for support of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and carried 37 Ethiopian soldiers to Zwedru. The crew conducted a gear up landing at Zwedru. The bottom part of the fuselage, right wing flaps and No 4 engine were damaged as a result.
Sources:
Liberia: 40 Peacekeepers Survive Plane Accident (The Inquirer 2-5-2006)
Statement on the incident involving an UNMIL aircraft in Zwedru (UNMIL 1-5-2006)
United Nations
Location
Images:
photo (c) anonymous; Zwedru Airport; 01 May 2006
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