Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 27 OCT 2008 |
| Type: | Boeing 747-228F (SCD) |
| Operator: | Cargo B Airlines |
| Registration: | OO-CBA |
| C/n / msn: | 24158/714 |
| First flight: | 1988-09-11 (20 years 2 months) |
| Engines: | 4 General Electric CF6-50E2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU) (Belgium) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR), Belgium |
| Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR/GOOY), Senegal |
Tailstrike on take-off from runway 25R, returned to land.
The airplane was withdrawn from use as a result of the damage and finally scrapped in January 2011.
Sources:
» Flight International
Photos
OO-CBA withdrawn from use at Brussel following the accident
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 Brussel-Zaventem Airport to Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport as the crow flies is 4445 km (2778 miles).
Distance from Brussel-Zaventem Airport to Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport as the crow flies is 4445 km (2778 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.
