Incident Overview
Date: Friday 23 March 2001
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-3B4C
Owner/operator: Luxor Air Egypt
Registration Number: SU-BMV
Location: Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB) –
ÿ Liberia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 182
Component Affected: Aircraft Systems (specifically, the pilot’s visual guidance system and landing gear control).Aircraft Systems (specifically, the pilot’s visual guidance system and landing gear control).
Category: Accident
A Luxor Air Egypt Boeing 707-3B4C experienced a landing accident at Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB), Liberia. Seven crew members and 175 passengers survived the incident, which involved a hard landing and bouncing after losing visual contact with the ground. The aircraft subsequently veered off the left side of the runway and crossed it again before coming to rest.A Luxor Air Egypt Boeing 707-3B4C experienced a landing accident at Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB), Liberia. Seven crew members and 175 passengers survived the incident, which involved a hard landing and bouncing after losing visual contact with the ground. The aircraft subsequently veered off the left side of the runway and crossed it again before coming to rest.
Description
A Boeing 707-3B4C operated by Luxor Air Egypt suffered a landing accident at Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB), Liberia. All 175 passengers and seven crew members survived. The airplane operated on a hadj charter flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Shortly before touchdown on Monrovia’s runway 04, the crew lost visual contact with the ground. The airplane touched down hard and bounced. It came down again in a right-wing low attitude, causing the separation of engines no. 3 and 4. The 707 then went off the left side of the runway before crossing the runway again in a right hand motion before coming to rest.
Primary Cause
Loss of visual contact with the ground during the initial landing.Loss of visual contact with the ground during the initial landing.Share on:
