Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 09 MAR 2009 |
| Time: | ca 05:40 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 76T |
| Operator: | Aerolift |
| Registration: | S9-SAB |
| C/n / msn: | 073410301 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) S off Entebbe Airport (EBB) (Uganda) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN), Uganda |
| Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ/HCMM), Somalia |
The IL-76 cargo plane was chartered by Dynacorp to transport tents and water purification equipment for the African Mission to Somalia (AMSOM).
Russian media said the pilot and copilot were Russian citizens and the navigator and flight engineer were Ukrainians. Among the passengers were three Burundian army officers of the African peacekeeping force in Somalia.
The airplane crashed into Lake Victoria shortly after takeoff.
Weather reported about the accident time (02:40 UTC):
HUEN 090200Z 25005KT 9999 FEW018 FEW020CB OVC110 21/19 Q1016= [Wind 250 deg at 5 kts, few clouds at 1,800 ft., few clouds with cumulonimbus at 2,000 ft., overcast at 11,000 ft. Temperature 21 deg C, Dew point 19 deg C]
HUEN 090300Z 35005KT 9999 FEW018 FEW020CB BKN110 21/19 Q1016= [Wind 350 deg at 5 kts, few clouds at 1,800 ft., few clouds with cumulonimbus at 2,000 ft., broken clouds at 11,000 ft. Temperature 21 deg C, Dew point 19 deg C]
Sources:
» Plane crashes into Lake Victoria, 11 feared dead (The New Vision, 9-3-2009)
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