Swearingen SA227 Metro III crash, Jan 11, 1997, Djerba
Swearingen SA227 Metro III accident on January 11, 1997 near Djerba, Gabès Governorate, Tunisia with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined.
- Date: January 11, 1997
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA227 Metro III
- Location: Djerba, Gabès Governorate, Tunisia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined
A Swearingen Metro III on a scheduled Madrid-Alicante-Djerba service went out of control after touchdown at Djerba, left the runway and came to rest in a ditch. All 21 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was written off. One database lists the operator as Ibertrans Aerea, but this was not confirmed by a second source.