Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 17 MAY 2007 |
| Time: | ca 11:00 |
| Type: | Let 410UVP |
| Operator: | SAFE Air Company |
| Registration: | TN-AHE |
| C/n / msn: | 851335 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Walikale (Congo (Democratic Republic))
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Walikale Airstrip, Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
The Let 410 was used to transport minerals from Walikale to Goma. All flight to Walikale use a 700 m long road located near Kilambo as an airstrip. Preliminary reports indicated that an engine caught fire three minutes after takeoff. The airplane tried to return to the airstrip, but crashed in a forest.
Sources:
» Trois morts dans l'accident d'un avion petit porteur dans l'est de la RDC (AFP, 17-5-2007)
» Walikale : crash d’un avion, 3 morts (Radio Okapi, 17-5-2007)
» Final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1698 (2006), report nr. S/2007/423
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 Walikale Airstrip to Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA) as the crow flies is 136 km (85 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.
Distance from Walikale Airstrip to Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA) as the crow flies is 136 km (85 miles).
