Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 26 NOV 1999 |
| Time: | 05:26 |
| Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator: | DHL Aviation Africa |
| Registration: | 5Y-RAN |
| C/n / msn: | 208-00037 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) (Kenya)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO/HKNA), Kenya |
| Dar Es Salaam International Airport (DAR/HTDA), Tanzania |
Crashed back onto the runway after lifting off shortly.
Sources:
» Air Crash Kills Four In Nairobi (Panafrican News Agency 27-11-1999)
» NTSB id NYC00WA038
» Scramble 248
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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 Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Dar Es Salaam International Airport as the crow flies is 664 km (415 miles).
Distance from Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Dar Es Salaam International Airport as the crow flies is 664 km (415 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.
