Boeing 707 9XR-IS

4 July 2002 · Bangui, Central African Republic · Fatal

Summary

On 4 July 2002 at about 10:15 local time, a Boeing 707 registered 9XR-IS, operated by New Gomair, was involved in an accident near Bangui, Central African Republic. 25 people were on board and 23 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 July 2002 at 10:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Bangui, Central African Republic
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: 9XR-IS
Category: Airplane
Operator: New Gomair
Operating rule: Unknown
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Route: Ndjamena → Brazzaville
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
NTSB number: DCA02WA048

People

23 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
25	23	2	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA02WA048, from the public aviation accident database.

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Also in

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