Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 12 NOV 2009 |
| Time: | ca 12:30 |
| Type: | Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-100ER |
| Operating for: | Rwandair Express |
| Leased from: | JetLink Express |
| Registration: | 5Y-JLD |
| C/n / msn: | 7197 |
| First flight: | 1997 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF34-3A1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Kigali Airport (KGL) (Rwanda)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kigali Airport (KGL/HRYR), Rwanda |
| Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN), Uganda |
A Canadair CRJ-100ER RegionalJet passenger plane, 5Y-JLD, operating for Rwandair Express, was substantially damaged when it struck an airport building at Kigali Airport (KGL), Rwanda. One passenger was killed. The airplane operated on a scheduled international flight to Entebbe Airport (EBB), Uganda.
Two minutes after take-off, the pilot requested to return because of unspecified technical problems. The airplane landed safely and taxied back to the apron.
However, when the plane reached it's parking spot in fron of the VIP lounge, the pilot reported that the engines had failed to stop and were running at " 100 percent power" according to the Rwandair Chief Operating Officer.
The airplane moved forward, knocking over blast fences until it smashed through the concrete wall of the airport building. The nose gear collapsed and the nose was burried inside the building up to and including the forward passenger doors.
Weather reported about the time of the accident (12:30 local, 10:30 UTC):
HRYR 121030Z VRB03KT 9999 BKN030 24/18 Q1018 NOSIG= [Wind variable at 3 knots; unlimited visibility; Broken clouds at 3000 feet; temperature 24 degrees C, dew point 18 degrees C; 1018 MB]
Sources:
» Jetlink flight crashes in Kigali (Update 2) (The Independent - Uganda, 12-11-2009)
» Pilot trapped in crashed plane saved from wreckage(RNA, 12-11-2009)
Photos
F-GPTF operating for Air Littoral; it was withdrawn from use in 2004 and sold as 5Y-JLD in 2007
Video/animation
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 NOV 1997 | F-GPTF | Air Littoral | delivered |
| 18 NOV 2000 | F-GPTF | Lufthansa CityLine | leased |
| 10 DEC 2000 | F-GPTF | Air Littoral | returned |
| 15 OCT 2002 | F-GPTF | Brit Air | leased |
| 30 JUN 2003 | F-GPTF | Air Littoral | returned |
| 13 FEB 2004 | F-GPTF | Air Littoral | withdrawn from use and stored at Calgary International Airport, AB (YYC), Canada |
| FEB 2008 | 5Y-JLD | JetLink Express | registered |
| 5Y-JLD | Rwandair Express | bought |
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 Kigali Airport (KGL/HRYR) to Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) as the crow flies is 338 km (212 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 Kigali Airport (KGL/HRYR) to Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) as the crow flies is 338 km (212 miles).
