2009 Aéro-Frêt Antonov An-12 crash
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The 2009 Aéro-Frêt Antonov An-12 crash was the crash of an Antonov An-12 into a cemetery at Brazzaville
, Congo
on 26 August 2009.
crew and the Congolese passenger died in the accident. The accident site is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south east of Maya-Maya airport. The aircraft was due to land on runway 05, it was carrying a cargo of food, a minibus and three other vehicles. The METAR
in force at the time of the accident was METAR FCBB 260600Z 27006KT 7000 SCT016 OVC130 21/20 Q1015 NOSIG (translation: Metar for Maya-Maya airport, issued at 06:00 UTC
on the 26th of the month. Wind direction 270° at 6 knots (11.8 km/h), visibility 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), scattered clouds at 1600 feet (487.7 m), overcast at 13000 feet (3,962.4 m), temperature 21°C, dewpoint 20°C, QNH
1013 millibars, no significant change expected in next few hours). At the time of the accident it was drizzling and visibility was 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi). Eyewitnesses reported that one of the wings was on fire before the crash, and that the aircraft broke up in mid-air. The carriage of the passenger was in contravention of the law in the Congo which bans AN-24s from use as passenger aircraft.
Brazzaville
-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...
, Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
on 26 August 2009.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was an Antonov An-12BK of Aéro-Frêt, registration TN-AIA. The aircraft was manufactured in 1966, msn 6344607.Accident
The aircraft crashed into a cemetery at Nganga Lingolo on the outskirts of Brazzaville while on a flight from Pointe Noir Airport. The accident happened at 06:00 local time. The five UkrainianUkraine
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crew and the Congolese passenger died in the accident. The accident site is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south east of Maya-Maya airport. The aircraft was due to land on runway 05, it was carrying a cargo of food, a minibus and three other vehicles. The METAR
METAR
METAR is a format for reporting weather information. A METAR weather report is predominantly used by pilots in fulfillment of a part of a pre-flight weather briefing, and by meteorologists, who use aggregated METAR information to assist in weather forecasting....
in force at the time of the accident was METAR FCBB 260600Z 27006KT 7000 SCT016 OVC130 21/20 Q1015 NOSIG (translation: Metar for Maya-Maya airport, issued at 06:00 UTC
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on the 26th of the month. Wind direction 270° at 6 knots (11.8 km/h), visibility 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), scattered clouds at 1600 feet (487.7 m), overcast at 13000 feet (3,962.4 m), temperature 21°C, dewpoint 20°C, QNH
QNH
QNH is one of the many Q codes. It is defined as, "barometric pressure adjusted to sea level." It is a pressure setting used by pilots, air traffic control , and low frequency weather beacons to refer to the barometric setting which, when set on an aircraft's altimeter, will cause the altimeter to...
1013 millibars, no significant change expected in next few hours). At the time of the accident it was drizzling and visibility was 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi). Eyewitnesses reported that one of the wings was on fire before the crash, and that the aircraft broke up in mid-air. The carriage of the passenger was in contravention of the law in the Congo which bans AN-24s from use as passenger aircraft.