BAe 125 crash, Sep 5, 2015 (7 killed), Atlantic Ocean
BAe 125 accident on September 5, 2015 near Atlantic Ocean, World with 7 fatalities. Cause: BEA Senegal final report (as summarized by SKYbrary and...
- Date: September 5, 2015
- Aircraft: BAe 125
- Location: Atlantic Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: BEA Senegal final report (as summarized by SKYbrary and BAAA): the collision resulted from the 6V AIM crew not complying with its assigned flight level; the HS 125 also had a recent history of unrectified altimetry problems which prevented TCAS activation.
A Senegalair HS 125 700 air ambulance flight from Ouagadougou to Dakar with seven people aboard collided in cruise at FL350 with a Ceiba Intercontinental Boeing 737 carrying 112 people from Dakar to Malabo. The 737 landed safely at Malabo with the top of its right winglet missing, while the HS 125 entered an uncontrolled descent into the Atlantic about 111 km off Dakar and was never found. The investigation found the business jet did not hold its assigned level and had unrectified altimetry defects that stopped TCAS from activating.