Accident description
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| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 27 DEC 2002 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: | Let 410UVP |
| Operator: | Ocean Airlines |
| Registration: | 9XR-RB |
| C/n / msn: | 810636 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Engines: | 2 Walter M-601D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Anjouan (Comoros)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moroni (unknown airport), Comoros |
| Anjouan-Ouani Airport (AJN/FMCV), Comoros |
The aircraft was holding 15 nm from the destination airport at a height of 2 500 ft AGL, due to bad weather at Anjouan. When conditions improved clearance was obtained for the final approach. The airplane was struck by lightning. A go-around was attempted, but the airplane lost the artificial horizons and gyro compasses as a result of the lightning strike. Control was lost and the airplane crashed.
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