Blue Bird F50 at Guriceel on Apr 20th 2014, overran runway
Last Update: May 8, 2014 / 22:48:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 20, 2014
Classification
Accident
Airline
Blue Bird Aviation
Departure
Nairobi Wilson, Kenya
Destination
Guriceel, Somalia
Aircraft Registration
5Y-VVJ
Aircraft Type
Fokker 50
ICAO Type Designator
F50
Local Somali media reported the flight carried 6 tonnes of Khat as cargo.
The tail number was painted out.
The airline operates three Fokker 50, 5Y-VVG (red wingtips), 5Y-VVH (in the Netherlands for major maintenance) and 5Y-VVJ (white wingtips).
SGMST reported that 5Y-VVH had arrived in Maastricht (Netherlands) on Feb 18th 2014 for major maintenance and remained in SAMCO hangar there since.
The airline had already lost another Fokker 50, registration 5Y-VVK, in Guriceel on Nov 10th 2011 as result of a runway excursion.
Neither the airline nor Somalia's Civil Aviation Authority nor Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority or Accident Investigation Board responded to inquiries by The Aviation Herald.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 20, 2014
Classification
Accident
Airline
Blue Bird Aviation
Departure
Nairobi Wilson, Kenya
Destination
Guriceel, Somalia
Aircraft Registration
5Y-VVJ
Aircraft Type
Fokker 50
ICAO Type Designator
F50
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