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| Date: | Friday 8 December 2023 |
| Time: | c. 12:30 |
| Type: |  Saab 340B |
| Owner/operator: | Lulutai Airlines |
| Registration: | A3-PUA |
| MSN: | 340B-408 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU/NFTF) -
 Tonga
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nuku'alofa-Fua'Amotu International Airport (TBU/NFTF) |
| Vava'u-Lupepau'u Airport (VAV/NFTV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During approach problems with the hydraulic system occurred. The crew took action and an uneventful landing was performed. After having left the runway and while taxiing on the apron the hydraulic pressure to the brake system was lost and the aircraft collided at low speed with a concrete wall. No person came to harm but there where substantial damage to the aircraft.
Sources:
https://matangitonga.to/2023/12/08/passengers-screaming-lulutai-flight-slides-taxi-way-fuaamotu-after-vavau-landing-aborted
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/09/no-passengers-injured-after-lulutai-airlines-plane-hits-cement-block/
https://www.havkom.se/en/investigations/civil-luftfart/olycka-med-ett-flygplan-av-typen-saab-340b-pa-fuaamotu-flygplats-tonga
History of this aircraft
Ex VH-VEF, VH-VNX, N408XJ, SE-B08 Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 May 2020 | A3-PUA | Real Tonga Airlines | 0 | Lupepau'u Airport, Vava’u | |
unk |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Location
Media:
Tongan official on crash: "The aircraft landed safely at Fua’amotu, and the incident occurred while taxiing on the apron. There were 35 passengers on board. No passengers were injured or physically harmed."https://t.co/SoBMux8yuQ pic.twitter.com/QICn4Jayfr
— Michael Field (@MichaelFieldNZ) December 8, 2023
Thanks to Tonga’s ongoing government farce, Lulutai Airlines plane with 34 passengers aboard & three crew, went off a taxiway at Fua'amotu, crashing into an unused swimming pool. Why there is a great hunk of concrete next to a taxiway is unknownhttps://t.co/EPhvobcotv pic.twitter.com/XCUHuHRza1
— Michael Field (@MichaelFieldNZ) December 10, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2023 06:54 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Dec-2023 07:29 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 08-Dec-2023 07:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Dec-2023 07:52 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2023 07:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Dec-2023 07:43 | gerard57 | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 10-Dec-2023 22:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Dec-2023 08:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 19-Jan-2024 15:43 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2024 10:49 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
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