Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 01 AUG 2001 |
| Time: | ca 07:00 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-2N8 |
| Operator: | Yemenia Airways |
| Registration: | 7O-ACW |
| C/n / msn: | 21845/1529 |
| First flight: | 1979-09-17 (21 years 11 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17R |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 107 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 111 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Asmara International Airport (ASM) (Eritrea)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San'a International Airport (SAH/ODSN), Yemen |
| Asmara International Airport (ASM/HAAY), Eritrea |
Weather conditions were favourable as the Boeing 727 approached Asmara. However, after some rainfall the 3000m/9842 feet asphalt runway 25 was still wet. After touchdown the airplane did not decelerate as expected and overran the runway. The main landing gear failed after colliding with a large block of concrete.
Events:
Sources:
» Flight Safety Foundation International
» NTSB
» Scramble 271
Photos
Yemenia Boeing 727 7O-ACW originally flew for Yemenia with registration mark 4W-ACG
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 San'a International Airport to Asmara International Airport as the crow flies is 566 km (354 miles).
Distance from San'a International Airport to Asmara International Airport as the crow flies is 566 km (354 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.
