Royal Maroc B738 at Lagos on Oct 11th 2019, cargo door sprung open on landing
Last Update: October 13, 2019 / 20:06:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 11, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Royal Air Maroc
Flight number
AT-555
Departure
Casablanca, Morocco
Destination
Lagos, Nigeria
Aircraft Registration
CN-ROR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
One piece of passenger luggage was missing triggering rumours of somebody had tried to rob the aircraft.
The occurrence aircraft departed for the return flight after about 100 minutes on the ground.
On Oct 12th 2019 Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority (FAAN) reported there was no attempted robbery or theft. The cargo door probably sprung open due to a rough landing. Security personnel escorted the aircraft, there was nobody near the aircraft. The missing piece of luggage had been left behind in Casablanca and was retrieved there.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 11, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Royal Air Maroc
Flight number
AT-555
Departure
Casablanca, Morocco
Destination
Lagos, Nigeria
Aircraft Registration
CN-ROR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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