Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 30 August 2018
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator: Ethiopian Air Force
Registration Number: ET-AIU/808
Location: near Mojo –
ÿ Ethiopia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Component Affected: DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraftDHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft
Category: Accident
A DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashed near Mojo in Ethiopia, resulting in the deaths of 15 members of the Ethiopian defense force and three civilians.A DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashed near Mojo in Ethiopia, resulting in the deaths of 15 members of the Ethiopian defense force and three civilians.
Description
A DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashed near Mojo in Ethiopia. All those on board, 15 members of the Ethiopian defense force and three civilians were killed. Some reports suggest that 17 instead of 18 persons died in the crash.
Source of Information
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/africa/Seventeen–killed-in-Ethiopia-military-plane-crash/4552902-4736254-13n050nz/index.html, https://fanabc.com/english/2018/08/helicopter-crashes-in-ethiopia-killing-18-people/, https://fanabc.com/2018/08/%E1%89%A0%E1%8A%A6%E1%88%AE%E1%88%9A%E1%8B%AB-%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%8D%E1%88%8D-%E1%88%9D%E1%88%B5%E1%88%AB%E1%89%85-%E1%88%B8%E1%8B%8B-%E1%88%89%E1%88%9C-%E1%8B%88%E1%88%A8%E1%8B%B3-%E1%88%84%E1%88%8A/, https://www.dmcnews.org/English/2296352/At-least-17-people-killed-in-Ethiopia-military-aircraft-crashhttp://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/africa/Seventeen–killed-in-Ethiopia-military-plane-crash/4552902-4736254-13n050nz/index.html, https://fanabc.com/english/2018/08/helicopter-crashes-in-ethiopia-killing-18-people/, https://fanabc.com/2018/08/%E1%89%A0%E1%8A%A6%E1%88%AE%E1%88%9A%E1%8B%AB-%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%8D%E1%88%8D-%E1%88%9D%E1%88%B5%E1%88%AB%E1%89%85-%E1%88%B8%E1%8B%8B-%E1%88%89%E1%88%9C-%E1%8B%88%E1%88%A8%E1%8B%B3-%E1%88%84%E1%88%8A/, https://www.dmcnews.org/English/2296352/At-least-17-people-killed-in-Ethiopia-military-aircraft-crashPrimary Cause
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