- 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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