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| Date: | Saturday 4 March 2023 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Air Taxi Vanuatu |
| Registration: | YJ-AL2 |
| MSN: | 609 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport (VLI) -
 Vanuatu
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
At least two airplanes were flipped upside down during a cyclone at Port Villa Airport.
Sources:
https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/pacific/vanuatu-cyclones-03052023220403.html
https://mobile.twitter.com/jeangene_vilmer
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 2018 | YJ-AL2 | Air Taxi Vanuatu | 0 | Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport (VLI) | |
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Media:
? [FIL] J'entends et je lis les "coups de gueule" des Calédoniens bloqués au Vanuatu et qui se demandent pourquoi l'ambassade ne fait "rien" pour les aider. Leur colère est compréhensible. Mais à nos compatriotes je demande encore un peu de patience car : pic.twitter.com/pIqTXu2R0c
— Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer (@jeangene_vilmer) March 5, 2023
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