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Aircraft
Crashes Record Office
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Bureau d'Archives
des Accidents Aéronautiques
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Accident description
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Date & Time
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10NOV2008
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Type of Aircraft
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Operator
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Veteran Airlines
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Registration
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UR-PLV
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Location
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Pointe-Noire
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Flight number
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Schedule
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Construction number
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4342308
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Year of manufacture
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1964
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Crew on board
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6
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Pax on board
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0
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Crew fatalities
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0
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Pax fatalities
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0
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Other fatalities
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0
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Total fatalities
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0
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Circumstances
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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. |