Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Statuts: | Préliminaire |
| Date: | 12 JUI 2012 |
| Heure: | 07:45 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II |
| Compagnie: | Force Aérienne de la République Islamique de Mauritanie |
| Immatriculation: | 5T-MAE |
| Numéro de série: | |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 5 |
| Total: | victimes: 7 / à bord: 7 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Nouakchott Airport (NKC) (Mauritanie)
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| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Nouakchott Airport (NKC/GQNN), Mauritanie |
| Tasiast Gold Mine Airstrip, Mauritanie |
A Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II transport plane was destroyed when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Nouakchott Airport (NKC), Mauritania. All seven occupants were killed.
The airplane was operated by the Mauritanian Air Force on a flight on behalf of the Kinross Gold Corporation. It was heading for the Tasiast gold mine to bring gold back from the mine to Nouakchott. Kinross reported that two pilots, two Mauritanian customs officials, and three contract security personnel were on board.
Sources:
» AMI
» Scramble 407
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Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
