ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320750
| Date: | Sunday 26 May 2013 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-137E (707-324C) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 2404 |
| MSN: | 19870/702 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 143 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port-au-Prince-Mais Gate Airport (PAP) -
 Haiti
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Port-au-Prince-Mais Gate Airport (PAP/MTPP) |
| Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO/SBEG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Boeing KC-137E transport plane of the Brazilian Air Force sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP), Haiti. There were no injuries.
There were 12 crew members and 131 passengers on board, who were part of the Brazilian peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
Upon takeoff from runway 28 an engine caught fire and the takeoff was aborted. The airplane veered into the grass. There were burn marks visible on the plane, and its front landing-gear had snapped of.
Sources:
Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Thiagosjun; Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP/MTPP); 26 May 2013
photo (c) Thiagosjun; Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP/MTPP); 26 May 2013
photo (c) Vito Cedrini; Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL); 21 May 2007
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