Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Mar 23, 1993, Hareto
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on March 23, 1993 near Hareto, Oromia, Ethiopia with no fatalities. Cause: Left engine failure from fuel exhaustion...
- Date: March 23, 1993
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Hareto, Oromia, Ethiopia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Left engine failure from fuel exhaustion after the aircraft deviated from its course in unfavorable winds.
A Fokker F27 operated by Air West Express was blown off course by unfavorable winds on a Dar es Salaam to Addis Ababa service. Its left engine failed from fuel exhaustion and the crew attempted a landing on a plantation near Hareto. The aircraft struck obstacles on touchdown, the left wing was partly torn off, and all occupants escaped unhurt.