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Aircraft:
Boeing 707-330C
- Reg: ST-AKW full info | ST-AKW photos
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Serial #:
20123
- Airline: Azza Air Transport
- Photo Date: Feb 28, 2001
- Uploaded: Jul 01, 2013
- Sharjah Int'l - OMSJ, United Arab Emirates
Notes:
scanned from a negative. This aircraft crashed here in Sharjah back in 2009. At 15:30 local time (11:30 UTC) on 21 October 2009, a Boeing 707-320 of Azza Transport crashed 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Sharjah International Airport. The flight was destined for Khartoum International Airport and had just taken off at the time of the accident. The aircraft was carrying a cargo of air conditioning units, car parts, computers and tools. It is reported that a piece of the aircraft fell off shortly after it became airborne. This was later identified as a part of a cowling from one of the engines. The aircraft was totally destroyed in the crash and subsequent fire which killed all six crew on board. Sheik Khalid Al-Qasimi stated that the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates has launched an investigation into the crash. It is reported that one area of inquiry is the engines. The Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder were recovered and sent to the United Kingdom for analysis. In February 2010, it was reported that both recorders were not functioning, and no data was recovered from them. In January 2011, the GCAA released an interim report. The most likely cause of the accident is the uncommanded deployment of a thrust reverser on #4 engine in flight. The final report blamed a stall situation caused by inappropriate control inputs by the crew.
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scanned from a negative. This aircraft crashed here in Sharjah back in 2009. At 15:30 local time (11:30 UTC) on 21 October 2009, a Boeing 707-320 of Azza Transport crashed 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Sharjah International Airport. The flight was destined for Khartoum International Airport and had just taken off at the time of the accident. The aircraft was carrying a cargo of air conditioning units, car parts, computers and tools. It is reported that a piece of the aircraft fell off shortly after it became airborne. This was later identified as a part of a cowling from one of the engines. The aircraft was totally destroyed in the crash and subsequent fire which killed all six crew on board. Sheik Khalid Al-Qasimi stated that the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates has launched an investigation into the crash. It is reported that one area of inquiry is the engines. The Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder were recovered and sent to the United Kingdom for analysis. In February 2010, it was reported that both recorders were not functioning, and no data was recovered from them. In January 2011, the GCAA released an interim report. The most likely cause of the accident is the uncommanded deployment of a thrust reverser on #4 engine in flight. The final report blamed a stall situation caused by inappropriate control inputs by the crew.Camera
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- Reg: ST-AKW full info | ST-AKW photos
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Aircraft:
Boeing 707-330C
- Airline: Azza Air Transport
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Serial #:
20123
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Sharjah Int'l - OMSJ
- United Arab Emirates
