ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322919
| Date: | unk. date 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante |
| Owner/operator: | Inter Tropic Airlines (S/L) Ltd |
| Registration: | 9L-LBR |
| MSN: | 110411 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Freetown-Hastings Airport (HGS) -
 Sierra Leone
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Freetown-Lungi International Airport (FNA/GFLL) |
| Freetown-Hastings Airport (HGS/GFHA) |
The runway at Hastings Field had been sabotaged by rebels overnight with concrete and steel projectiles dug into the tarmac. On an early morning sunrise flight from Lungi, the plane attempted to land and the obstructions tore off the right main landing gear. No passengers were injured.
Sources:
Photo at Airliners.net
Owner of Inter Tropic Airlines by E-mail, 15-9-2010
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