Boeing KC-137 Stratoliner crash, May 26, 2013, Port-au-Pr...
Boeing KC-137 Stratoliner accident on May 26, 2013 near Port-au-Prince-Toussaint Louverture, West, Haiti with no fatalities. Cause: Engine fire during...
- Date: May 26, 2013
- Aircraft: Boeing KC-137 Stratoliner
- Location: Port-au-Prince-Toussaint Louverture, West, Haiti
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Engine fire during the takeoff roll; the cause of the fire was not established in the sources found.
A Brazilian Air Force Boeing KC-137 carrying 131 soldiers returning from the UN stabilization mission in Haiti and 12 crew, was taking off from Port-au-Prince when an engine caught fire. The captain aborted the takeoff, the aircraft left the runway onto grass and its nose gear collapsed. All 143 occupants evacuated safely.