ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 ET-AIL Gambella

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Status:	Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:	Monday 7 August 1989
Time:	12:10
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator:	RRC Air Services
Registration:	ET-AIL
MSN:	699
First flight:	1980
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Total:	Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	Gambella ( Ethiopia)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB), Ethiopia
Destination airport:	Funyido refugee camp, Ethiopia

Narrative:
The aircraft took off from Addis Ababa for a 1:53 flight to the Funyido refugee camp. The aircraft didn't arrive at the destination. The wreckage was found one week later on a mountain side.

Sources:

» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/94 (#242)

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accident date: 07-08-1989
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
registration: G-OJEA

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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