Serve Cargo B733 at Kinshasa on May 5th 2024, runway excursion after engine failure
Last Update: May 7, 2024 / 07:27:58 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 5, 2024
Classification
Accident
Airline
Serve Air Cargo
Destination
Kinshasa N'djili, Democratic Republic of Congo
Aircraft Registration
9S-AKK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
The aircraft was towed off the runway about 1.5 hours later and the airport resumed operations.
The aircraft was subsequently lifted off by two large cranes.
A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration OO-SFB performing flight SN-359 from Luanda (Angola) to Kinshasa N'Djili, was enroute at FL250 about half way between the aircraft when the aircraft entered a hold at FL250 at 19:02Z for about 30 minutes, then decided to return to Luanda. At about 19:45Z the aircraft again turned around now towards Kinshasa and landed safely on Kinshasa's runway 24 at 20:15Z.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 5, 2024
Classification
Accident
Airline
Serve Air Cargo
Destination
Kinshasa N'djili, Democratic Republic of Congo
Aircraft Registration
9S-AKK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
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