Narrative:
The Learjet 35A ambulance plane sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport (TMR), Algeria.
During takeoff the crew heard a loud bang and they decided to abort the takeoff. The airplane could not be stopped on the remaining runway and overran.
Runway excursion (overrun)
» BFU 2X003-14
accident date: 25-10-2014
type: Learjet 35A
registration: D-CFAX
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Saturday 25 October 2014 |
| Time: | 15:13 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Operator: | FAI Air Service |
| Registration: | D-CFAX |
| MSN: | 35A-135 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport (TMR) ( Algeria)
|
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport (TMR/DAAT), Algeria |
| Bata Airport (BSG/FGBT), Equatorial Guinea |
The Learjet 35A ambulance plane sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport (TMR), Algeria.
During takeoff the crew heard a loud bang and they decided to abort the takeoff. The airplane could not be stopped on the remaining runway and overran.
Classification:
Rejected takeoffRunway excursion (overrun)
Sources:
» El Watan, 26-10-2014» BFU 2X003-14
Photos
accident date: 25-10-2014
type: Learjet 35A
registration: D-CFAX
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 Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport to Bata Airport as the crow flies is 2357 km (1473 miles).
Distance from Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport to Bata Airport as the crow flies is 2357 km (1473 miles).
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