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Serious incident with a Boeing 747-2D7B in Lomé

Date & Time: Feb 2, 2008
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N527MC
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lomé - Amsterdam
MSN:
22471/504
YOM:
1981
Flight number:
GTI014
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after take off from Lomé international Airport, while on a cargo flight to Amsterdam, the crew declared an emergency and was cleared for an immediate return. The approach and landing were considered as normal and the aircraft returned safely to the apron. While all three crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair due to bulkhead destruction.
Probable cause:
It appears that the cargo shifted shortly after rotation and destroyed the bulkhead and several others structural parts inside the airplane.

Crash of a Gulfstream GII in Lomé: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 26, 1974
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
5V-TAA
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Niamey - Lomé
MSN:
149
YOM:
1974
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Aircraft flight hours:
50
Aircraft flight cycles:
35
Circumstances:
The airplane was returning to Lomé after the President of Niger Mr. Seyni Kountche was brought back in Niamey following an international conference in Lomé. On approach to Lomé Airport, the airplane crashed few km short of runway. The captain, the flight engineer and a passenger were killed while two other passengers and the copilot were injured. The aircraft, brand new, was destroyed. It completed its first flight last July 17 and accumulated 50 flight hours for 35 cycles only.