Date: | Saturday 19 March 2005 |
Time: | 10:53 |
Type: | Boeing 707-3K1C |
Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
Registration: | 9G-IRL |
MSN: | 20805/884 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK2) |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Entebbe Airport (EBB) -
Uganda
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
Destination airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Boeing 707 departed Addis Abeba on a cargo flight to Lome, Togo with a scheduled refueling stop at Entebbe.The airplane was carrying 32.8 tons of cargo. It was raining as the Boeing approached Entebbe, with a visibility of about 8 km. At 10:46 the aircraft made a first attempt to land on runway 17 but the approach was abandoned. On the second attempt the pilot wanted to carry out a visual approach to runway 35 over Lake Victoria. At 10:51, the pilot reported short final and was cleared to land. It came in too low, struck a rock, broke up and crashed into Lake Victoria.
The investigators said the accident was as a result of failure to follow the correct flight path on the final approach to runway 35, and failure to follow the published missed approach procedures.
Sources:
News24
The Monitor
Ugandan report blames UN crew on plane crash (ANDnetwork.com, 12-9-2006)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Raimund Stehmann; Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD); 06 January 2005
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