| Date: | Thursday 30 August 2018 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Air Force |
| Registration: | ET-AIU/808 |
| MSN: | 822 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mojo -
 Ethiopia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dire Dawa-Aba Tenna D Yilma Airport (DIR/HADR) |
| Bishoftu-Harar Meda Air Base (QHR/HAHM) |
A DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashed near Mojo in Ethiopia. All those on board, 15 members of the Ethiopian defense force and three civilians were killed. Some reports suggest that 17 instead of 18 persons died in the crash.
Sources:
theeastafrican.co.ke
fanabc.com/english
fanabc.com
dmcnews.org
Location
Images:
photo (c) Raimund Stehmann; Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB); 13 April 2006
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