Incident in Juba, South Sudan

[wabulabantu]

heard of a bad landing in Juba, but no details. Anyone?

[1stspotter]

At December 19 a Nova Airways Boeing 737-500 had an incident at the runway of Juba airport in South Sudan when front tire on plane blew out as it landed . From a photo posted on Facebook it is clear the nose gear collapsed. Passengers and crew are okay.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=788243044535010
and a picture taken closer
https://twitter.com/urs_marlon/status/413631541898518529/photo/1


aircraft arrived from Entebbe.

The incident comes at a very unpleasant moment. Most foreigners living in South Sudan are being evacuated because of the etnical violance in the county. On Wednesday army factions clashed killing up to 500 people and raising fears of a broader civil conflict in the two-year-old nation.

42 aircraft inbound to Juba had to divert because of the Boeing blocking the runway. Most of those flights are likely to be for evacuation of people.

Some details here https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/plane-crashes-juba-runway-closing-airport

[wabulabantu]

Likely 4L-AJY Boeing 737 under wet lease from a Georgian company

https://twitter.com/IanECox/status/413625479368036352/photo/1

[wabulabantu]

Just confirmed that it was Nova Airlines Boeing 737-500 coming from Entebbe. Nova is a Khartoum, Sudan based company

https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/plane-crashes-juba-runway-closing-airport

[1stspotter]

aircraft confirmed to be ST-NVG. Boeing 737-500 leased from Sojitz Aircraft Leasing

[filipo]

life is a mystery. these guys were on the ground in entebbe with us. the capt was on our plane to say hello...the plane looked like it was in good shape. lt left entebbe with only crew
from the pics looks like the nose gear collapsed. a tire blow out cannot get the plane resting on its nose.pretty sad the events happening of late.