Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
10NOV2008
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Veteran Airlines
Registration
 
UR-PLV
Location
 
Pointe-Noire
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
 
Construction number
 
4342308
Year of manufacture
 
1964
     
Crew on board
 
6
Pax on board
 
0
Crew fatalities
 
0
Pax fatalities
 
0
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
0

Circumstances
   
 
After take off from Pointe-Noire, while flying 80 km away, the crew elected to return to Pointe-Noire when a fire broke out in the cargo bay. The aircraft landed safely but the fire burnt through the fuselage. All occupants escaped uninjured.


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