Narrative:
An Air Zimbabwe MA60 aircraft impacted with warthogs during the take-off roll. Flight 239 was about to lift off the ground when it hit five warthogs. The plane's nose and left main landing gears collapsed after the impact. The aircraft veered off to the left side of the runway and stopped off the runway with damage on the engine propeller and on the wing tip.
Runway mishap
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Tuesday 3 November 2009 |
| Time: | 19:36 |
| Type: |  Xian MA60 |
| Operator: | Air Zimbabwe |
| Registration: | Z-WPJ |
| MSN: | 0301 |
| First flight: | 2005 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127J |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Harare Airport (HRE) ( Zimbabwe)
|
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Harare Airport (HRE/FVHA), Zimbabwe |
| Bulawayo-Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (BUQ/FVJN), Zimbabwe | |
| Flightnumber: | UM239 |
An Air Zimbabwe MA60 aircraft impacted with warthogs during the take-off roll. Flight 239 was about to lift off the ground when it hit five warthogs. The plane's nose and left main landing gears collapsed after the impact. The aircraft veered off to the left side of the runway and stopped off the runway with damage on the engine propeller and on the wing tip.
Classification:
Runway mishap
Sources:
» herald.co.zw» Soviet Transports
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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 Harare Airport to Bulawayo-Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport as the crow flies is 347 km (217 miles).
Distance from Harare Airport to Bulawayo-Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport as the crow flies is 347 km (217 miles).
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