plane crash Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/plane-crash/ Latest news and insights from the aviation and travel industry in Africa Mon, 26 Dec 2022 08:08:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://airspace-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-African-Airspace-Logo-Favicon-01-32x32.png plane crash Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/plane-crash/ 32 32 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Final Accident Report Cites AOA Sensor, MCAS as the main cause of the crash https://airspace-africa.com/2022/12/26/ethiopian-airlines-737-max-final-accident-report-cites-aoa-sensor-mcas-as-the-main-cause-of-the-crash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ethiopian-airlines-737-max-final-accident-report-cites-aoa-sensor-mcas-as-the-main-cause-of-the-crash https://airspace-africa.com/2022/12/26/ethiopian-airlines-737-max-final-accident-report-cites-aoa-sensor-mcas-as-the-main-cause-of-the-crash/#respond Mon, 26 Dec 2022 08:08:58 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=8759 Ethiopia’s transport minister announced on Friday (December 23) that state investigators in their final report on ET302 confirm that a software malfunction was the main cause of the March 10, 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash. The Ethiopian Airlines flight bound for Nairobi crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 passengers and [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2022/12/26/ethiopian-airlines-737-max-final-accident-report-cites-aoa-sensor-mcas-as-the-main-cause-of-the-crash/feed/ 0 Dived down to the cockpit: Fisherman Narrates the Precision Air crash that killed 19 passengers https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/09/dived-down-to-the-cockpit-fisherman-narrates-the-precision-air-crash-that-killed-19-passengers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dived-down-to-the-cockpit-fisherman-narrates-the-precision-air-crash-that-killed-19-passengers https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/09/dived-down-to-the-cockpit-fisherman-narrates-the-precision-air-crash-that-killed-19-passengers/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:45:55 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=8304 In August 2010, an ATR 42-500 with the registration 5H-PWF was first delivered to Precision Air in Tanzania. Since then, the 48-seater aircraft has been with the airline while transporting passengers, until November 6, 2022, when it dived into Africa’s largest freshwater lake when about to land in Bukoba Airport, in the Kagera region. On [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/09/dived-down-to-the-cockpit-fisherman-narrates-the-precision-air-crash-that-killed-19-passengers/feed/ 0 Jubba Airways’ Fokker 50 flips over after crashing in Somalia https://airspace-africa.com/2022/07/18/jubba-airways-fokker-50-flips-over-after-crashing-in-somalia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jubba-airways-fokker-50-flips-over-after-crashing-in-somalia https://airspace-africa.com/2022/07/18/jubba-airways-fokker-50-flips-over-after-crashing-in-somalia/#respond Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:19:55 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=7156 A passenger plane crashed on landing at Aden Adde Airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu today, Monday, 18th July 2022 at around 11:30 am local time. The aircraft, a Fokker 50 belonging to Nairobi-based Jubba Airways with registration 5Y-JXN, was carrying 30 people on board including passengers and crew who have since been safely evacuated with [...]

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