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| Date: | Friday 9 August 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Renegade Air, opf UN Humanitarian Air Service |
| Registration: | 5Y-SMI |
| MSN: | 404 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW123 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Malakal Airport (MAK/HJMK) -
 South Sudan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Maban Airstrip (HSMB) |
| Malakal Airport (MAK/HJMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Bombardier DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 suffered an accident on landing at Malakal Airport (MAK).
Unconfirmed reports suggest it lost both main gear wheel sets after striking a dam on departure from Maban Airstrip.
The flight continued to Malakal with the main undercarriage extended (without the wheel sets). A belly landing was carried out at Malakal.
Sources:
https://www.eyeradio.org/developing-un-aircraft-safely-lands-in-malakal-after-losing-rear-wheels/
Location
Images:
Photo: ADG-PI Indian Army
Photo: ADG-PI Indian Army
Media:
A job well done to the crew of the aircraft and the emergency services at Malakal Airport pic.twitter.com/iT8LpQK4p7
— The Kenyan Aviator (@kenyanaviator) August 9, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Aug-2024 13:31 | ASN | Added |
| 09-Aug-2024 13:33 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 09-Aug-2024 14:01 | ASN | Updated [Source, ] |
| 09-Aug-2024 14:12 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Category, ] |
| 11-Aug-2024 12:34 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2024 12:39 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 11-Aug-2024 14:59 | ASN | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 11-Aug-2024 15:00 | ASN | Updated [Photo, ] |
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