ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ANI Addis Ababa-Haile Selassie I International Airport (ADD)
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Date:Wednesday 14 January 1970
Time:04:18
Type:Silhouette image of generic COMT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C
Operator:United Arab Airlines - UAA
Registration: SU-ANI
MSN: 6475
First flight: 1964
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Addis Ababa-Haile Selassie I International Airport (ADD) (   Ethiopia)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan
Destination airport:Addis Ababa-Haile Selassie I International Airport (ADD/HAAB), Ethiopia
Flightnumber: 755
Narrative:
After a flight from Cairo and Khartoum, the aircraft was inbound at 04:14. On final approach the aircraft broke through clouds at approx. 150 feet, but was 200-300 feet to the right of runway 32. The Comet banked left, made some shallow turns and made a higher than normal landing flare half way down the runway. This caused the aircraft to stall; the left wing and pod fuel tank struck the runway and the Comet crashed.

Probable Cause:

CAUSE: Attempted landing from unfavorable position, brought about by the fact that the pilot had descended below weather minima before being able to establish visual ground contact.

Classification:
Loss of control

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Distance from Khartoum-Civil Airport to Addis Ababa-Haile Selassie I International Airport as the crow flies is 995 km (622 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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