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LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470
A LAM Mozambique Airlines Embraer 190, similar to the one involved in the accident.
Accident
Date29 November 2013
SummaryUnder investigation
SiteBwabwata National Park, Namibia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeEmbraer 190
Aircraft nameChaimite
OperatorLAM Mozambique Airlines
RegistrationC9-EMC
Flight originMaputo International Airport, Maputo, Mozambique
DestinationQuatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola
Passengers27
Crew6
Fatalities33 (all)
Survivors0
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 is located in Namibia
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470
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Location of the accident shown within Namibia.

LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 was a scheduled LAM Mozambique Airlines passenger flight from Maputo International Airport in Mozambique that crashed en route to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Angola. The aircraft took off on time, but failed to arrive at its destination.[1] The wreckage of the aircraft was found the following day on 30 November 2013 at the Bwabwata National Park, Namibia. All 33 people, including 6 crew members, who were on board the aircraft are confirmed dead. Weather was reported to be poor at the time of the accident.[2][3] It was the first fatal accident for the airline since 1970,[4][5] and the deadliest for Mozambique since the Mozambican presidential Tupolev Tu-134A-3 aircraft carrying president Samora Machel crashed in 1986.[6]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was an Embraer E190 with the manufacturer serial number 581, registered as C9-EMC. Built in October 2012, it was delivered to LAM Mozambique Airlines in November 2012 and had since accumulated 2905 flight hours in 1877 flight cycles. It was powered by two General Electric CF34-10E engines.[7]

Accident

According to the acting director of Namibian Civil Aviation Department Tobias Günzel, the aircraft started losing altitude at 38,000 feet (12,000 m) and started to descend swiftly.[8] The aircraft descended at a rate of about 100 feet per second (30 m/s) and has been tracked on radar.[8] The aircraft's track was lost from screens at 3,000 feet (910 m) above sea level.[8] The last contact with air traffic control was made at 13:30 local time over north Namibia during heavy rainfall.[9]

Victims

According to LAM Mozambique Airlines, there were a total of 34 people aboard (28 passengers and six crew members),[10] while other sources report 33. According to the Namibian Police Force Deputy Commissioner Willy Bampton, none of them survived the accident and the "plane has been completely burned to ashes."[11]

Deaths by nationality[10]
Nationality Total
Mozambique Mozambique 10
Angola Angola 9
Portugal Portugal 5
France France 1
Brazil Brazil 1
China China 1
Total 27

The crew comprised two pilots, three cabin attendants, and a technician.[10]

Response and investigation

The government of Mozambique announced it would declare a period of national mourning.[9] Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva expressed condolence to victims' families.[9] LAM Mozambique Airlines reported it was providing counselling and legal advice to families in both Mozambique and Angola and had set up an information hotline.[9]

Namibia's Chief Accident Investigator reports directly to the Minister of Works, Transport and Communication. The Aircraft Accident / Incidence Investigation authority is separate from the Directorate of Civil Aviation.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Crash: LAM E190 over Namibia on 29 November 2013, aircraft found crashed". Avherald.com. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ^ "BBC News – Mozambique plane missing with 33 on board". BBC News. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Mozambique passenger plane missing: airline". AlJazeera. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Accident record for LAM Mozambique Airlines". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Accident record for DETA Mozambique Airlines". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  6. ^ Missing Mozambican plane wreck found in Namibia, all 33 on board dead, AFP (via The Daily Telegraph), November 30, 2013.
  7. ^ "C9-EMC LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique Embraer ERJ-190AR (ERJ-190-100 IGW) – cn 19000581". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  8. ^ a b c "Deaths reported in air crash near Namibian-Angolan border". CNN. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  9. ^ a b c d "Missing Mozambique plane wreck found in Namibia, 33 dead". AFP. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "About the flight TM 470 Maputo – Luanda" (Press release). LAM Mozambique Airlines. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Mozambique Airlines plane crashes in Namibia, killing 33". Reuters. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  12. ^ "About DCA." (Archive) Directorate of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 30 November 2013.
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