Date: | Thursday 4 July 2002 |
Time: | 11:15 |
Type: | Boeing 707-123B |
Owner/operator: | New Gomair |
Registration: | 9XR-IS |
MSN: | 19335/593 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1-MC6 ? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 30 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bangui -
Central African Republic
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | N'Djamena Airport (NDJ/FTTJ) |
Destination airport: | Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV/FCBB) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft departed N'Djamena carrying passengers along with a load of onions and garlic on a flight to Brazzaville. Because of technical problems en route the crew tried to divert to Bangui. On final approach to Bangui, the Boeing descended until it contacted the ground, bounced and broke up in a suburb of Bangui.
The plane was reportedly chartered by the Congolese airline Prestige Airlines.
Sources:
AFP
Reuters
AP
Sangonet - Actualité Centrafrique
Location
Images:
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photo (c) Pol van Damme, via Werner Fischdick; Pietersburg Airport (PTG); November 1999
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