Failure to take off | |
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Date | 15 April 2008 (14:45 UTC) |
Summary | Engine failure on takeoff leading to runway overrun |
Site | Goma International Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1°40′53″S 29°14′22″E / 1.68139°S 29.23944°E |
Total fatalities | 40 |
Total injuries | 111 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 |
Operator | Hewa Bora Airways |
IATA flight No. | EO122 |
ICAO flight No. | ALX122 |
Call sign | ALLCONGO 122 |
Registration | 9Q-CHN |
Flight origin | Goma International Airport |
Stopover | Bangoka International Airport |
Destination | N'djili Airport |
Occupants | 94 |
Passengers | 86 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Injuries | 40 |
Survivors | 91 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 37 |
Ground injuries | 71 |
On 15 April 2008, Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 plane crashed into a residential and market area of Goma of the Democratic Republic of the Congo immediately south of Goma International Airport.[1][2]