Accident | |
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Date | 24 September 2009 |
Summary | Engine failure leading to pilot error; shut-down of operating engine |
Site | Durban International Airport, Durban, South Africa 29°57′18″S 30°58′14″E / 29.95500°S 30.97056°E |
Total fatalities | 1 |
Total injuries | 3 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | BAe Jetstream 41 |
Operator | South African Airlink |
IATA flight No. | SA8911 |
ICAO flight No. | LNK911 |
Call sign | LINK 911 |
Registration | ZS-NRM |
Flight origin | Durban International Airport |
Destination | Pietermaritzburg Airport |
Occupants | 3 |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 1 |
Injuries | 2 |
Survivors | 2 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 0 |
Ground injuries | 1 |
South African Airlink Flight 8911 was a positioning flight from Durban International Airport to Pietermaritzburg Airport, South Africa, that crashed into the grounds of Merebank Secondary School, Durban shortly after take-off on 24 September 2009, injuring the three occupants of the aircraft and one on the ground. The captain of the flight subsequently died of his injuries on 7 October 2009.