Engine Noise
6th Aug 2005, 14:49
a tunisian atr 42 has gone down into the sea off sicily.About 35 pax on board.Resue effort underway.
Now being reported as a controlled ditching.
Soap Box Cowboy
7th Aug 2005, 00:57
BBC reports that it is actually an ATR 72. It crashed 13 Kilometers off the coast of Siciliy. At least 13 dead including two children of the 39 reported on board. Most passengers were young Italians. The crew is Tunisian and the aircraft is from Tuninter.
Italian divers have attached floatation devices to a large section of the fusalage to keep it affloat. The pilot reported engine troubles and requeested an emergency diversion to Palermo. Engines lost power and they were forced to ditch.
flyboy2
7th Aug 2005, 11:35
ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2005-18
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Date: 6 AUG 2005
Time: ca 15:40 local time
Type: ATR-72-202
Operator: Tuninter
Registration: TS-LBB
Msn / C/n: 258
Year built: 1991
Crew: ? fatalities / 4 on board
Passengers: ? fatalities / 35 on board
Total: 10+ fatalities / 39 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: 26 km NE off Palermo (Italy)
Phase: En route
Nature: Internatinal Non-Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Bari-Palese Airport (BRI)
Destination airport: Djerba-Melita Airport (DJE)
Flight number: 1153
A Tuninter ATR was en route from Bari, Italy to Djerba, Tunisia when the aircraft reportedly developed engine problems. At 15:24 the crew contacted Palermo for an emergency landing. They did not make it to Palermo and ditched in the sea around 15:40. Some 22 persons are said to have been rescued by coast guard vessels. Ten people are confirmed to have died and seven are still missing.
Weather at the Palermo airport at 15:50 was reported as: LICJ 061350Z 32008KT 9999 FEW025 28/16 Q1013= (Wind 320 degrees at 8 kts, visibility >10km 0-2 oktas cloud at 2500ft, temperature 28deg C, dewpoint 16deg C, QNH 1013hPa).
Source: ANSA, Reuters, ANSV