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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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09MAR2009 at 0540LT
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Type of Aircraft
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Operator
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Aérolift
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Registration
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S9-SAB
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Location
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Entebbe
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Flight number
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Schedule
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Entebbe - Mogadishu
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Construction number
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073410301
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Year of manufacture
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1977
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Crew on board
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4
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Pax on board
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7
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Crew fatalities
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4
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Pax fatalities
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7
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Other fatalities
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0
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Total fatalities
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11
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Circumstances
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Shortly after take off at night, while climbing, the aircraft nose dived and crashed into Lake Victoria, 10 km south from Entebbe airport. All 10 occupants were killed among them 3 Army Officer from Burundi and one Army Officer from Uganda. They were flying to Mogadishu on behalf of the American operator Dynacore. |