Quatro de Fevereiro Airport - Incidents and Accidents

Incidents and Accidents

On 12 February 2000, a Transafrik cargo Boeing 727 crashed upon landing on runway 23. Due to high winds gusting to between 50 and 80 knots, the aircraft had executed a missed approach, and upon the landing flare of the second attempt, witnesses saw the right wing touch the ground.

On 25 May 2003, a Boeing 727–223 with the registration number N844AA, which had been parked at the airport for over a year, was stolen in mysterious circumstances.

On 27 June 2009, a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER G-RAES was damaged after a collision with a Hainan Airlines Airbus A340-600 B-6510 while it was parked.

On 31 January 2010, Guicango Yakovlev Yak-40 D2-FES suffered the collapse of all landing gears on landing after a flight from Cabinda.

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