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| Date: | Wednesday 6 April 2022 |
| Time: | c. 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-145LR |
| Owner/operator: | Mwant Jet |
| Registration: | 9S-AMG |
| MSN: | 145570 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Kolwezi Airport (KWZ/FZQM) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM/FZQA) |
| Kolwezi Airport (KWZ/FZQM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mwant Jet flight 202, an Embraer EMB-145, suffered a runway excursion after landing on runway 11 at Kolwezi Airport. The aircraft came to a stop amidst shrubs and small trees. None of the 24 passengers and 5 crew members were injured.
It was raining at the time of the incident.
A video that was purportedly shot during the landing of the incident flight shows the aircraft touching down about 2050 m short of the paved end of the runway and about 330 m past the threshold of runway 11.
Sources:
https://actu7.cd/2022/04/06/kolwezi-un-avion-de-la-compagnie-mwant-jet-finit-sa-course-dans-la-brousse/
https://www.goklerdeyiz.net/yolcu-ucagi-pistten-cikti-40/
https://twitter.com/InfosWangu/status/1511703463469760524
https://twitter.com/gueda18/status/1511712947755794439
https://actualite.cd/2022/04/06/rdc-accident-dun-avion-de-mwant-jet-kolwezi
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 November 2003 | HB-JAU | Swiss | 0 | near Zürich |  |
non |
| Fumes/smoke/odor event | ||||||
| 18 July 2005 | HB-JAU | Swiss | 0 | Nürnberg Airport (NUE/EDDN) |  |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 10 January 2018 | G-CISK | Eastern Airways | 0 | Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) |  |
min |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
Location
Media:
Quelle mauvaise nouvelle d'apprendre que cet avion a fait le crash alors que j'y étais à bord le samedi 02 avril 2022. Il y a seulement 4 jours de cela. @JetMwant
— Ramès Nkulu Mwenze,Le Panafricaniste, 🇨🇩Positive (@RamesMwenze) April 6, 2022
Dieu soit loué qu'il n y ait pas de mort.
Une des compagnies congolaises sérieuses.
Pole à Dada @gueda18. pic.twitter.com/7zg5mm0KtY
Video footage from the Passengers !#safety #aviation pic.twitter.com/lEQJkrTNaQ
— FL360aero (@fl360aero) April 6, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2022 13:57 | harro | Added |
| 06-Apr-2022 13:59 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 14:07 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 15:04 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 15:26 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 17:31 | Goklerdeyiz.net | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 19:02 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 19:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 19:24 | harro | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 19:45 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 19:46 | harro | Updated [Category, ] |
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