2015 Senegal mid-air collision
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 September 2015 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision |
| Site | Eastern Senegal, between waypoints DEMOL and GATIL |
| Total fatalities | 7 (All on the HS125) |
| Total survivors | unknown (All on the 737) |
| First aircraft | |
 A B737-800 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Type | Boeing 737-8FB |
| Operator | Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines |
| Registration | 3C-LLY |
| Flight origin | Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR/GOOY), Dakar, Senegal |
| Stopover | Malabo International Airport, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (diversion) |
| Destination | Cotonou-Cadjehoun Airport (COO/DBBB), Cotonou, Benin |
| Passengers | unknown |
| Crew | unknown |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | unknown (all) |
| Second aircraft | |
 An HS 125-700B similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Type | Hawker Siddeley HS125-700A |
| Operator | Senegalair |
| Registration | 6V-AIM |
| Flight origin | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Destination | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, Dakar, Senegal |
| Passengers | 4 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 7 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines Flight 71 was a Boeing 737-8FB flying from Dakar to Cotonou that collided with an air ambulance operated by Senegalair over eastern Senegal. The 737 diverted to Malabo following the collision and landed safely, but the air ambulance crashed, killing everyone on board.
Accident
The two aircraft collided at approximately 18:13 over eastern Senegal. It is believed that the air ambulance suffered a decompression event as a result of the collision, disabling everyone on board, continuing on autopilot past Dakar, until it is presumed to have run out of fuel and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 110 kilometers (68 miles) off the coast of Dakar. The 737 received little damage in the collision, a small part of the left winglet was sheared off.[1] As the aircraft was nearing Cotonou, the captain announced that they had to continue on to Malabo due to 'technical and security reasons'.[2][3]
Aircraft
The Ceiba aircraft was a Boeing 737-8FB, (3C-LLY), that had been in service since February 2014. The air ambulance was a Hawker Siddeley HS125-700A, registration 6V-AIM, that had been in service since 1979. That air ambulance is still missing and is presumed damaged beyond repair.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ "2015-09-05 Ceiba 737-800 mid-air collision with HS-125 Jet over Senegal » JACDEC". Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ "Accident: Ceiba Intercontinental B738 over Senegal on Sep 5th 2015, midair collision with ambulance jet". avherald.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ "Senegalair jet collided with Boeing before crash". The Big Story. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700A 6V-AIM Dakar, Senegal". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8FB (WL) 3C-LLY Tambacounda". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
