- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 14, 2017 |
Time: | 0830 |
Location: | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
Operator: | Valan International Cargo Charter |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Burkina Faso - Abidjan |
AC Type: | Antonov AN-26-100 |
Registration: | ER-AVB |
cn / ln: | 3204 |
Aboard: | 10 (passengers:4 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:4 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The cargo plane, carrying French military cargo, crashed in shallow waters along the coastline while on final approach to Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport. The plane was carrying 6 Moldovan crew members and 4 French army personnel. Weather reports indicate that a thunderstorm was passing the airport at the time of the accident. The probable cause of this accident is the continuation of the approach below minimums without having established formal visual contact with runway references and without adequate monitoring of the aircraft's glide path. |
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