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JanetFlight
30th Dec 2019, 15:43
Meanwhile in Congo DRC...Someone is clapping in the background but i really wonder why..!!???
Last weekend...it ends well thankfully, however very interesting video, first seconds...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLTRLTQnWLg
Accident: Fast Congo L410 at Kamina on Dec 28th 2019, runway excursion on landing (http://avherald.com/h?article=4d14edfa&opt=0)
ATC Watcher
30th Dec 2019, 20:03
Seen the state of the runway it is no wonder such accidents occur from time to time . The Let is very strong but getting the nose gear in a pothole at the wrong speed,, not to mention the barking action on the mud...
TIA..
JustinHeywood
30th Dec 2019, 22:35
Looks like wet and slick mud (@1.10 minutes in).
Difficult enough to drive on, let alone land on.
JanetFlight
30th Dec 2019, 23:08
A miracle those 2 kids on the very first seconds of the clip didnt got hit....
A miracle those 2 kids on the very first seconds of the clip didnt got hit....
may not have been a miracle, may have been the cause of the excursion into the rough.
Loose rivets
31st Dec 2019, 01:02
It looks a very real possibility the rate and direction they're scampering. Poor old skipper. Looks like he was sitting there pondering his future. But if he saved the kids, well done.
MurphyWasRight
31st Dec 2019, 11:55
It looks a very real possibility the rate and direction they're scampering. Poor old skipper. Looks like he was sitting there pondering his future. But if he saved the kids, well done.
That could also explain :
Someone is clapping in the background but i really wonder why..!!???
Have to admit I never played chicken myself but have witnessed a dangerous game by kids who looked old enough to know better of lying down on a moderately busy road and springing up at last moment to clear the way.
Was on my way out the door to intervene when they left.
One driver had a near miss on a power pole.
4runner
1st Jan 2020, 07:54
If you cause injury with a mechanized contraption in Afrika, especially Congo, you will ripped apart by a mob. India is same same. The Skipper made a self preservation decision if he/she was in fact dodging kids.
capngrog
5th Jan 2020, 22:38
I looked up the Kamina Airport on good old Googol Earth, and it appears that the airport is in the middle of a mixed residential-commercial area. Depending on how they are counted, there are from 15 to 20 crossings along the 4800 ft. length of the runway, and these crossings appear to be well-used pedestrian foot paths. Kamina appears to be a fairly large city, and I would expect that the airport experiences several aircraft operations per day, but apparently there is no perimeter fence for the airport. Is this the usual situation one finds at "outback" African airports?
Cheers,
Grog
OBie101
23rd Jan 2020, 23:24
From past experience, mid-90s and 2004-2013, yes. That there are not many more such accidents is testament to the skill of the aircrew involved.
4runner
23rd Jan 2020, 23:27
Yes. Filler.
OBie101
23rd Jan 2020, 23:27
I looked up the Kamina Airport on good old Googol Earth, and it appears that the airport is in the middle of a mixed residential-commercial area. Depending on how they are counted, there are from 15 to 20 crossings along the 4800 ft. length of the runway, and these crossings appear to be well-used pedestrian foot paths. Kamina appears to be a fairly large city, and I would expect that the airport experiences several aircraft operations per day, but apparently there is no perimeter fence for the airport. Is this the usual situation one finds at "outback" African airports?
Cheers,
Grog
From my experiences working in Africa, not only DRC, there are no shortage of similar airports/traffic patterns - that there are not many more such accidents is testament to the skill of the aircrews involved.