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Date & Time
25 December 2003 at 1455LT
Crew on board
10
Type of Aircraft
Pax on board
151
Company name
Crew fatalities
8
Registration
3X-GDO - (2)
Pax fatalities
132
Location
Cotonou-Cadjehoun Airport, Benin
Schedule
Flight GIH141 Conakry - Cotonou - Beyrouth
Total fatalities
140
Construction number
21370
Year of manufacture
1977

Taking-off from runway 06/24 at Cotonou-Cadjehoun Airport, the three engine aircraft struck a small building (radio equipment) located at the end of the runway with its main landing gear. Out of control, the aircraft crashed on the beach and exploded in many debris. The weather at the time of the accident was fine with good visibility and 32° C. outside temperature. The 06/24 runway is 7'874 feet long and the present aircraft needed, with 161 people on board and its takeoff mass, at least 8'000 feet for takeoff.

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