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| Date: | Thursday 18 January 2024 |
| Time: | 14:16 |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-135LR |
| Owner/operator: | Airlink |
| Registration: | ZS-SJX |
| MSN: | 145428 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Pemba Airport (POL/FQPB) -
 Mozambique
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) |
| Pemba Airport (POL/FQPB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airlink flight 4Z204, an Embraer ERJ-135LR, suffered a runway excursion after landing at Pemba.
METAR:
Weather about the incident time (c. 1216Z):
FQPB 181300Z 29016KT 9000 SCT018 FEW025CB BKN090 24/24 Q1006 RMK-RA CB TO SE/NE
FQPB 181200Z 34011KT 8000 SCT018 FEW025CB BKN090 28/26 Q1005 RMK RA CB TO E/NE/NW/N
FQPB 181100Z 30005KT 230V350 9999 SCT020 SCT100 32/25 Q1005
Sources:
https://pro.twitter.com/zimlive/status/1748007992941801725/photo/1?actAsUserId=18119570
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zs-sjx#33a98c52
https://www.flyairlink.com/en/za/runway-excursion-pemba
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 2019 | ZS-SJX | Airlink | 0 | near Lusaka |  |
sub |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Location
Media:
Aircraft from the South African air carrier #AirLink crashed this afternoon at around 2:10 pm normal landing time at Pemba International Airport when trying to make another landing. pic.twitter.com/U84qdOFnbZ
— Luis Nhachote ?? (@luisnhachote) January 18, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2024 16:53 | harro | Added |
| 18-Jan-2024 16:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Embed code, ] |
| 19-Jan-2024 08:23 | braams | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
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