Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 11 OCT 1999 |
| Time: | 07:43 |
| Type: | ATR-42-320 |
| Operator: | Air Botswana |
| Registration: | A2-ABB |
| C/n / msn: | 101 |
| First flight: | 1988 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE) (Botswana)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE/FBSK), Botswana |
| Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE/FBSK), Botswana |
An Air Botswana captain boarded a parked ATR-42 aircraft in the early morning and took off. The captain reported to the controller that he wanted to speak to the president, Air Botswana's general manager, the station commander, central police station and his girlfriend, among others. Because the president was out of the country, arrangements were being made for him to speak to the vice president. Attempts were made to persuade him to land and discuss his concerns with the relevant authorities, but he finally stated he was going to crash into some planes on the apron. After flying for about 2 hours he did two loops and then screamed at 200 knots into Air Botswana's two other ATR-42s parked on the apron.
Airline sources say the pilot had been grounded on medical reasons, refused reinstatement and regrounded until February 2000.
Air Botswana operations were crippled, as the airline only had one plane left - a BAe-146 which was grounded with technical problems.
Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep
» Michel/Scramble
» Mmegi/The Reporter
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport to Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport to Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
