Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 17 May 1989
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-330B
Owner/operator: Somali Airlines
Registration Number: 6O-SBT
Location: Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) –
ÿ Kenya
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 70
Component Affected: Aircraft Control System (specifically, the rudder and flight control system)Aircraft Control System (specifically, the rudder and flight control system)
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a sudden and uncontrolled landing due to a misjudgment of the runway’s curvature, resulting in a collision with a rice field.An aircraft experienced a sudden and uncontrolled landing due to a misjudgment of the runway’s curvature, resulting in a collision with a rice field.
Description
Overran the wet runway into a rice field following an aborted takeoff.
Primary Cause
Aborted takeoff and subsequent loss of control due to a miscalculation of the runway’s curvature.Aborted takeoff and subsequent loss of control due to a miscalculation of the runway’s curvature.Share on:
