Date:	Saturday 8 May 1999
Time:	19:21
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator:	Vanair
Registration:	YJ-RV9
MSN:	694
Year of manufacture:	1980
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	11 km off Port Vila -   Vanuatu
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Espirítu Santo-Pekoa Airport (SON/NVSS)
Destination airport:	Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport (VLI/NVVV)

Narrative:
The Vanair de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into sea near Port Vila (Vanuatu) in a heavy rain squall. Five survivors were able to swim ashore. Seven other occupants presumably drowned.

Tommy Maurer
World Airline Accident Summary- Airclaims
Alive! / by Neil Watts and William Johnsson (Adventist Review, 11.11.1999)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Glasgow International Airport (GLA); June 1982

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