ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322698
| Date: | Saturday 27 December 2003 |
| Time: | 07:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Air Malawi |
| Registration: | 7Q-YKU |
| MSN: | 208B0679 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mzuzu Airport (ZZU) -
 Malawi
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Mzuzu Airport (ZZU/FWUU) |
| Lilongwe International Airport (LLW/FWKI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Air Malawi's single Cessna Caravan, named 'Soche' taxied to Mzuzu's (ZZU) runway 17 for takeoff. The Cessna was carrying Malawi 's second vice president, Chakufwa Chihana, back to Lilongwe. During the takeoff roll the Cessna reportedly started to swerve and ran off the 1308 meters (4291 ft) runway. The plane skidded onto a highway, colliding with a moving minibus, killing a passenger.
Sources:
AP
Malawi Nation Online
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