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by **Nexus** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:51 pm

A 737, operated by Air Guinea crashed in a swamp shortly after take-off near Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.
Fortunately, no fatalites, all 126 onboard survived.

The reason for the accident is still unknown.

I have no clue what 737 series we're talking about here, but I'm not suprised if it's an old 732 ::)

We'll have to wait for further information I guess, but luckily the outcome was good this time :)

by **alrot** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:33 pm

80% of aircraft accidents seems to happends minutes after take off,thanks lord there wheren't deseased

by **Saitek** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:57 am

Thats astonishing that it should come down - a 737 - and no one die. Must have been a very good controlled crash landing. ::)

Ben

by **Nexus** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:44 am

Well they ditched in a swamp and if the hydraulics still worked (standby system still available if sys. A and B went bonkers due double engine failure) the crew would be able to make a nice belly landing.

Luckily it was a swamp area and not some 30 story building :)

by **ozzy72** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:02 am

I bet that smelt bad!
Probably its poor maintenance again...

by **Saitek** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:28 am

yeah.. after all it is Sierra Leone. Not being nasty...but I just can't think that their standards would reach British or American standards. I think third world countries tend to have more aviation accidents. ::)

Ben

by **Nexus** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:23 am

you're correct Saitek. Africa tops the amount of crashes in 2003 (yet again, has been the same for at least 10 years, probably even more)

The western Jet loss rate for the world looks like this
(Hulls lost per million take-offs)

Africa: 10.23
Latin America/Caribbean: 2.59
Europe: 0.36
MIddle East: 1.89
North America: 0.40
Asia/Pacific: 0.25

Although 10 hulls lost per million take offs is little...it is still a HUGE difference between Africa and the rest of the world.

Also note that these numbers does NOT include russian built aircraft, it's mainly Boeing and Airbus built.

by **Fly2e** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:41 am

Just like Ben ponted out............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3548158.stm

Dave

by **Saitek** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:41 am

Ahh interesting figures Nexus. That really says heaps.
Och well, at least they are still relatively low. I mean like you are still more likely to die in a car. ::)