Oman A332 over Ethiopia on May 3rd 2024, severe turbulence seriously injures 24 passengers
Last Update: August 2, 2024 / 15:38:09 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 3, 2024
Classification
Accident
Airline
Oman Air
Flight number
QR-1499
Departure
Doha, Qatar
Destination
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Aircraft Registration
A4O-DA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
Kenya's Authorities had reported at the time, that they had no knowledge of such an occurrence, and had claimed social media reports including photos were fake. The social media had reported the severe turbulence happened over Somalia (which was disproven by ADS-B data, which lost track of the aircraft over Ethiopia however).
Ethiopia's AIB rated the occurrence an accident and opened an investigation stating, that 24 passengers received serious injuries, the aircraft did not sustain any damage.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 3, 2024
Classification
Accident
Airline
Oman Air
Flight number
QR-1499
Departure
Doha, Qatar
Destination
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Aircraft Registration
A4O-DA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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