Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 23 MAY 2004 |
| Time: | ca 07:30 |
| Type: |  Let L-410UVP-E9 |
| Operator: | Blue Bird Aviation |
| Registration: | 5Y-VVA |
| C/n / msn: | 962633 |
| First flight: | 1996 |
| Engines: | 2 Walter M-601E |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | 30 km (18.8 mls) S of Mwingi (Kenya)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenya |
| Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ/HCMM), Somalia |
The Let 410 collided in flight with Blue Bird Aviation's 5Y-VVD which crashed in an open field, killing both crew members. 5Y-VVA landed safely, although damaged.
Events:
Sources:
» Daily Nation
» MAK Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)
» The Standard
» Vaclav Kudela
Photos
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-Wilson Airport to Mogadishu International Airport as the crow flies is 1009 km (631 miles).
Distance from Nairobi-Wilson Airport to Mogadishu International Airport as the crow flies is 1009 km (631 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.
