2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash
N'Djamena Airport, N'Djamena, Chad | |
| Destination | Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo |
|---|---|
| Occupants | 30 |
| Passengers | 21 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 28 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
On 4 July 2002, a
Background
The passengers consisted of 17 Chadians on board. The Boeing 707 belonged to airline New Gomair, owned by a local businessmen, but was chartered by Prestige Airlines at the time of the accident.[2]
Crash
On final approach to Bangui, the aircraft descended until it contacted the ground. The crash occurred in clear weather at about 11:15 a.m. local time in the neighborhood of Guitangola, two miles short of the Bangui Airport's runway.[3][4] The aircraft exploded upon touchdown, scattering wreckage and reportedly causing the roof of an empty house to collapse.[3]
The two survivors were engineer Laurent Tabako and a woman from Chad, both were admitted to a hospital. According to Tabako, the engines stopped before landing and the crew may have
References
- Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ a b "'Pilot error may have caused CAR plane crash'". Independent Online. July 7, 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Many dead as plane crashes in Central Africa". The Irish Times. Agence France-Presse. 2002-07-04. Retrieved 2020-08-22.