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| Date: | Sunday 20 October 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker 50 |
| Owner/operator: | Rudufu Air |
| Registration: | 5Y-SKN |
| MSN: | 20110 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW125B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Takaba Airstrip, Mandera West -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Takaba Airstrip, Mandera West |
| Mandera town | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The plane skidded off the runway upon takeoff. No one was injured.
Sources:
https://www.kahawatungu.com/2019/10/21/plane-skids-off-runway-mandera-stuck-mud/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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unk |
| Lightningstrike | ||||||
Media:
This aircraft got stuck in a muddy runway in Takaba Mandera county.
— KenyanTraffic (@KenyanTraffic) October 21, 2019
Members of the local community are seen here trying to help remove the aircraft from the mud. pic.twitter.com/A4ArY6M7UV via @africanqueenmum #KenyanTraffic
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2019 12:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Oct-2019 14:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Damage, ] |
| 21-Oct-2019 17:47 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, ] |
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