Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 JAN 1968 |
| Type: | de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B |
| Operator: | Air Comores |
| Registration: | F-OCED |
| C/n / msn: | 14040 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Moroni Airport (HAH) (Comoros)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Dar Es Salaam International Airport (DAR/HTDA), Tanzania |
| Moroni-Prince Said Ibrahim In Airport (HAH/FMCH), Comoros |
The Heron touched down on the right side of the runway in a right wing low attitude. The aircraft became airborne again and the left aileron struck a light at the right side of the runway. The plane climbed nose high with full flaps and crashed into rocks and plunged into the sea.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Dar Es Salaam International Airport to Moroni-Prince Said Ibrahim In Airport as the crow flies is 681 km (425 miles).
Distance from Dar Es Salaam International Airport to Moroni-Prince Said Ibrahim In Airport as the crow flies is 681 km (425 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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