Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
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| Datum: | 08 MAI 1999 |
| Zeit: | 19:21 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Vanair |
| Kennzeichen: | YJ-RV9 |
| Werknummer: | 694 |
| Baujahr: | 1980 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 1 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 11 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 7 / Insassen: 12 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 11 km (6.9 Meilen) vom Land entfernt von Port Vila (Vanuatu)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Espirítu Santo-Pekoa Airport (SON/NVSS), Vanuatu |
| Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport (VLI/NVVV), Vanuatu |
The Vanair de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into sea near Port Vila (Vanuatu) in a heavy rain squall. Five survivors were able to swim ashore. Seven other occupants presumably drowned.
Informationsquelle:
» Tommy Maurer
» World Airline Accident Summary- Airclaims
» Alive! / by Neil Watts and William Johnsson (Adventist Review, 11.11.1999)
Fotos
G-BHXG was sold to Schreiner Airways as PH-STG and after a lease to Pelangi Air (9M-PEH) sold to Vanair, May 1990
Map
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 Espirítu Santo-Pekoa Airport to Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport as the crow flies is 270 km (169 miles).
Distance from Espirítu Santo-Pekoa Airport to Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport as the crow flies is 270 km (169 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.
