Accident description
Last updated: 20 October 2017
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Wednesday 4 October 2017 |
| Time: | 16:16 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Maldivian |
| Registration: | 8Q-ISB |
| C/n / msn: | 655 |
| First flight: | 1979-11-29 (37 years 11 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | off Malé-Velana International Airport (MLE) ( Maldives)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Niyama Resort, Dhaalu atoll, Maldives |
| Malé-Velana International Airport (MLE/VRMM), Maldives |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter seaplane sustained substantial damage in a landing accident in the Hulhumalé Lagoon near Malé-Velana International Airport, Maldives. All occupants survived the accident.
The aircraft was flying tourists from the Niyama Resort, Dhaalu atoll, back to Malé. It came to rest inverted, next to the Hulhumale - Hulhule Link Road which runs on the east side of the lagoon.
Weather conditions in the area were unstable with cumulonimbus clouds and associated passing rain showers.
Sources:
» english.sun.mvMETAR Weather report:
10:00 UTC / 15:00 local time:VRMM 041000Z 25014KT 9999 SCT017 FEW018CB BKN270 30/25 Q1007 CB NW,NNW TEMPO 5000 -SHRA
11:00 UTC / 16:00 local time:
VRMM 041100Z 28013KT 9999 SCT017 FEW018CB BKN270 30/25 Q1007 CB NW NOSIG
12:00 UTC / 17:00 local time:
VRMM 041200Z 26014KT 9999 SCT017 FEW018CB BKN280 28/25 Q1008 RESHRA CB SE,S TEMPO 4000 SHRA
Photos
Video, social media
Seaplane eh nuvettey, e ee crash landing eh: Maldivian https://t.co/prUfRZ7HgK pic.twitter.com/9wCEk2O50c
— sun.mv (@sunbrk) October 4, 2017
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Nov. 1979 | 9N-ABQ | de Havilland Canada | first flight |
| 12 Dec. 1979 | 9N-ABQ | Royal Nepal Airlines | delivered |
| 31 May 1997 | 9N-ABQ | Royal Nepal Airlines | Landing accident at Phaplu, Nepal |
| 19 Aug. 2002 | 9N-ABQ | Royal Nepal Airlines | Landing accident at Nepalganj, Nepal |
| ca 2002 | 9N-ABQ | Royal Nepal Airlines | withdraw from use; stored at Kathmandu, Nepal |
| 3 Jan. 2012 | 9N-ABQ | Tara Air | leased |
| 19 Aug. 2012 | 9N-ABQ | Tara Air | Runway excrusion incident, Jomsom, Nepal |
| 21 Sep. 2012 | 9N-ABQ | Tara Air | Ran into fence during takeoff Dolpa, Nepal |
| June 2015 | 9N-AKM | Tara Air | new registration |
| 29 Jan. 2016 | N106WF | Aerostar Bravo Ltd | registered |
| 24 Oct. 2016 | 8Q-ISB | Maldivian | registered |
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 Niyama Resort, Dhaalu atoll to Malé-Velana International Airport as the crow flies is 180 km (112 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Niyama Resort, Dhaalu atoll to Malé-Velana International Airport as the crow flies is 180 km (112 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
