Airbus A310 accident near Moroni, KM
On June 29, 2009, an Airbus A310 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Moroni, KM. 152 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 29, 2009
- Place
- Moroni, KM
- Aircraft
- Airbus A310 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 152 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 11.536°S, 43.271°E
- NTSB ID
- 20090628X32005
NTSB summary
On June 29, 2009, about 2251 UTC, an Airbus A310-300, 7O-ADJ, operated as Yemenia flight 626, collided with the waters of the Indian Ocean, during an approach to land at Moroni, Comoros. Of the 153 aboard, one passenger was the sole survivor and the aircraft was destroyed. The weather was reported as windy. The last departure point was Sana'a, Yemen. The investigation is under the responsibility of the Comoros Ministry of Transport. The US NTSB has designated an Accredited Representative to support the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries on this accident should be directed to: Direction Générale de l’ Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie B.P. 72 Moroni Comores
From Wikipedia
Yemenia Flight 626 was a scheduled flight on an Airbus A310 twin-engine jet airliner operated by Yemenia that was flying a scheduled international service, from Sanaa in Yemen to Moroni in Comoros, when it crashed on 30 June 2009 at around 1:50 am local time (10:50 pm on 29 June UTC) while on approach to Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport, killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew on board. The sole survivor, 12-year-old girl Bahia Bakari, was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean. Bakari was discharged from the hospital on 23 July 2009.
With 152 deaths, it was the deadliest aviation disaster in the Comoros and one of the deadliest modern disasters in the nation.
The final report on the incident concluded that the crew's inappropriate flight control inputs led to an aerodynamic stall. Failing to stabilize the approach, the crew decided to abandon it and made a go-around. While conducting the climb, they were unaware that their inputs caused the automation system to set the thrust to idle, decreasing the airspeed and causing the aircraft to stall.
Text from Wikipedia, “Yemenia Flight 626”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
