Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604
![]() An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-200, similar to the one involved. | |
Accident | |
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Date | 15 September 1988 |
Summary | Belly landing after bird strike |
Site | Bahir Dar Airport, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 11°36′17″N 37°19′11″E / 11.60472°N 37.31972°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-200 |
Operator | Ethiopian Airlines |
Registration | ET-AJA |
Flight origin | Bole International Airport |
Last stopover | Bahir Dar Airport |
Destination | Asmara International Airport |
Passengers | 98 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 35 |
Survivors | 69 |
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604 was a scheduled Addis Ababa–Bahir Dar–Asmara flight, that caught fire during a belly landing at Bahir Dar Airport, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, on 15 September 1988.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Boeing 737-260, registration ET-AJA, delivered new to Ethiopian Airlines. At the time of the accident the aircraft was less than a year old.[1]
Accident description
On 15 September 1988[2]: 51 the aircraft was due operate the second leg of a domestic scheduled Addis Ababa–Bahir Dar–Asmara passenger service with 104 occupants on board, of whom 98 were passengers.[1][3] Both engines of the aircraft ingested a flock of speckled pigeons as it took off from Bahir Dar Airport, and subsequently overheated.[1] One of the engines immediately lost thrust, while the other did so on the emergency return to the departure airport.[4] During a gear-up landing, the aircraft caught fire.[1]
,There is some discrepancy over the death toll depending upon the source, as this number is claimed to be 35,[1] or 31.[4][5][6] The discrepancy likely arose because four bodies could not be recovered.[6] All of the fatalities were among the passengers.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^
- "1988: bad for scheduleds (page 49)". Flight International. 135 (4148): 49–54, 56–57. 21 January 1989. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
- "1988: bad for scheduleds (page 50)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
- "1988: bad for scheduleds (page 51)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012.
- "1988: bad for scheduleds (page 52)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
- "1988: bad for scheduleds (page 53)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
- "1988: bad for scheduleds (page 54)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
- "1988: bad for scheduleds (page 56)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
- "1988: bad for scheduleds (page 57)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
- ^ "At least 31 dead, 71 hurt in Ethiopian plane crash". Deseret News. 16 September 1988. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crashes Since 1970". AirSafe.com.
- ^ "Profile: Ethiopian Airlines". BBC News. 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b "31 morts dans la chute d'un Boeing éthiopien" (in French). Le Monde. AFP, Reuter. 18 September 1988. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
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