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FlyMontserrat Flight 107

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FlyMontserrat Flight 5M-107
Occurrence
Date8 October 2012
SummaryUnder investigation
SiteV. C. Bird International Airport, Antigua and Barbuda
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBritten-Norman Islander
OperatorFlyMontserrat
RegistrationVP-MON
Flight originV. C. Bird International Airport
DestinationJohn A. Osborne Airport
Passengers3
Crew1
Fatalities2
Injuries2
Survivors2

FlyMontserrat Flight 107 was a short haul flight from V. C. Bird International Airport, Antigua to John A. Osborne Airport, Montserrat on 8 October 2012. The flight was being parformed by a Britten-Norman Islander, registration VP-MON with one crew and three passengers on board. The flight has taking off on runway 07 but soon after take off at 16:15L. The aicraft lost height and crashed near the end of runway 07. The pilot and a passenger died, two passengers was also injured in the crash.[1][2][3]<refhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/pilot-killed-when-small-plane-crashes-during-antigua-takeoff-status-of-3-passengers-unclear/2012/10/07/f9c525be-10f4-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html></ref> It's the frist fatal accident involving FlyMontserrat.

Investigation

The British [[Air Accidents Investigation Branch have sent a team to investigate the cause of the crash.

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