Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 29 March 2012
Aircraft Type: Fokker 50
Owner/operator: Feeder Airlines
Registration Number: ST-NEX
Location: Wau Airport (WUU) –
ÿ South Sudan
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 55
Component Affected: Nose gear and left hand main gear of the Fokker 50 aircraft.Nose gear and left hand main gear of the Fokker 50 aircraft.
Category: Accident
A Fokker 50 passenger plane experienced a landing accident at Wau Airport (WUU), South Sudan. Five crew members sustained minor injuries, while fifty passengers were not injured. Feeder Airlines flight 360, departing Juba Airport (JUB) at 08:00, experienced a landing accident at 09:45, resulting in the collapse of the nose gear and left hand main gear. A displaced threshold was reported due to tarmac covering a segment of the runway.A Fokker 50 passenger plane experienced a landing accident at Wau Airport (WUU), South Sudan. Five crew members sustained minor injuries, while fifty passengers were not injured. Feeder Airlines flight 360, departing Juba Airport (JUB) at 08:00, experienced a landing accident at 09:45, resulting in the collapse of the nose gear and left hand main gear. A displaced threshold was reported due to tarmac covering a segment of the runway.
Description
A Fokker 50 passenger plane sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Wau Airport (WUU), South Sudan. The fifty passengers were not injured. The five crew members sustained minor injuries. Feeder Airlines flight 360 departed Juba Airport (JUB) at 08:00 on a domestic service to Wau. It suffered a landing accident at 09:45. The nose gear and left hand main gear collapsed. Wau has a single 2175 m long gravel runway. Reportedly flights had to be aware of a displaced threshold because a segment of the runway was being covered with tarmac.
Source of Information
http://unmiss.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3465&ctl=Details&mid=6047&ItemID=145418&language=en-US, http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/6714/Airliner-Crashes-In-Wau-Passengers-Escape-Narrowly.aspxhttp://unmiss.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3465&ctl=Details&mid=6047&ItemID=145418&language=en-US, http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/6714/Airliner-Crashes-In-Wau-Passengers-Escape-Narrowly.aspxPrimary Cause
Landing accident ? collapse of nose gear and left hand main gear on a single runway.Landing accident ? collapse of nose gear and left hand main gear on a single runway.Share on:
