| Date: | Tuesday 7 July 2015 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Skydive Dubai |
| Registration: | DU-SD1 |
| MSN: | 208B1141 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dubai-Skydive Dubai Campus -
 United Arab Emirates
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Dubai-Skydive Dubai Campus Airport |
| Dubai-Skydive Dubai Campus Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Cessna 208 Caravan operated by Skydive Dubai suffered a "technical problem" after takeoff, forcing the pilot to carry out a forced landing in the desert. All aboard escaped unharmed. However a fire broke out which consumed the aircraft.
Sources:
Khaleej Times
Images:
photo (c) Konstantin von Wedelstaedt; Dubai-Jumeirah Beach; 19 January 2013
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