Narrative:
A Mauritania Airways Boeing 737-700, registered TS-IEA, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident upon landing at Conakry International Airport (CKY), Guinea. Some ten occupants were injured.
Flight YD620 had left Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) on July 27th on an international service to Conakry. The airplane landed in heavy rain and overran the end of the runway.
» Guinée: sortie de piste d'un avion de Mauritania Airways, 10 blessés légers (AFP)
» Accident aérien en Guinée : Atterrissage raté de Mauritania Airways à Conakry (Walf Fadjri)
accident date: 28-07-2010
type: Boeing 737-7L9 (WL)
registration: OY-MRI
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Wednesday 28 July 2010 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-7L9 (WL) |
| Operating for: | Mauritania Airways |
| Leased from: | Tunis Air |
| Registration: | TS-IEA |
| MSN: | 28014/766 |
| First flight: | 2001-01-24 (9 years 6 months) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-7B22 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 91 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 97 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Conakry International Airport (CKY) ( Guinea)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR/GOOY), Senegal |
| Conakry-Gbessia International Airport (CKY/DGCY), Guinea | |
| Flightnumber: | YD620 |
A Mauritania Airways Boeing 737-700, registered TS-IEA, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident upon landing at Conakry International Airport (CKY), Guinea. Some ten occupants were injured.
Flight YD620 had left Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) on July 27th on an international service to Conakry. The airplane landed in heavy rain and overran the end of the runway.
Classification:
Runway excursion (overrun)
Sources:
» Urgent : Mauritanie airways déclare quil ny a pas de blessés et que lavion transportait 89 personnes (Sahara Media Agency, 28-7-2010)» Guinée: sortie de piste d'un avion de Mauritania Airways, 10 blessés légers (AFP)
» Accident aérien en Guinée : Atterrissage raté de Mauritania Airways à Conakry (Walf Fadjri)
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accident date: 28-07-2010
type: Boeing 737-7L9 (WL)
registration: OY-MRI
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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 Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport to Conakry-Gbessia International Airport as the crow flies is 708 km (443 miles).
Distance from Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport to Conakry-Gbessia International Airport as the crow flies is 708 km (443 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.
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