Xian Yunsunji Y-7-100 crash, May 12, 1998 (39 killed), Néma
Xian Yunsunji Y-7-100 accident on May 12, 1998 near Néma, Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania with 39 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control during the initial...
- Date: May 12, 1998
- Aircraft: Xian Yunsunji Y-7-100
- Location: Néma, Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania
- Fatalities: 39
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Loss of control during the initial climb after one engine failed for reasons not established in the sources reviewed.
A Mauritanian Air Force Chinese-built Y-7 returning from an official visit to Nema with a military band and crew took off at night and stalled soon after leaving the runway after one engine failed. It crashed near the runway end and burned.