Africa once again. RIP to the victims. 🙁
Status: Preliminary
Date: 30 NOV 2012
Time: ca 18:00
Type: Ilyushin 76T
Operating for: Aéro-Service
Leased from: Air Highnesses
Registration: EK-76300
C/n / msn: 083410300
First flight: 1978
Crew: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Ground casualties: Fatalities: 25
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 1 km (0.6 mls) SW of Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV) (Congo)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Pointe Noire Airport (PNR) (PNR/FCPP), Congo
Destination airport: Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV) (BZV/FCBB), Congo
Narrative:
An Ilyushin 76T transport plane was destroyed in an accident near Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV), Congo.
AFP reports the airplane overshot runway 23R on landing crushing several dwellings before crashing into a ravine and catching fire. The airplane came to rest at the southwestern end of the runway. All six crew members and as many as 26 people on the ground have reportedly died in the accident.
Other reported indicate that the airplane crashed while on final approach to runway 05L.
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By: MSR777 - 3rd December 2012 at 20:20
Very sad. I’m not familiar with the airline, or its safety record. Just imagine a similar episode on certain approaches into LHR, as almost demonstrated by a BA 777 a while ago, which thanks to some superb airmanship, was not a damn sight worse.
By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd December 2012 at 14:53
Here is the latest…
An Aero Services Ilyhushin IL-76T freighter, registration EK-76300 performing a freight flight from Pointe Noire to Brazzaville (Congo) with 6 crew, was on approach to runway 05L at about 17:30L (16:30Z) when the aircraft clipped two strong branches of a large tree about 1080 meters ahead of the threshold runway 05L at about twice the height of local houses, clipped 6 smaller trees about 1015 meters ahead of the runway threshold at about the height of the houses and left first debris behind about 985 meters ahead of the runway threshold. The main wreckage came to rest about 870 meters before the runway threshold with debris to about 750 meters before the runway threshold. All crew perished in the accident, 26 people on the ground were killed as well, 14 people on the ground were taken to hospitals with injuries.
By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd December 2012 at 06:40
Yes and there were very few there when I flew there in 1999-2000.
By: Matt-100 - 2nd December 2012 at 22:45
Very sad incident.
But I am a little surprised at how close the dwellings are from the end of the runway ~400m?
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December 2, 2012 at 10:31 pm