Boeing 737-300 crash, May 9, 2024, Dakar-Blaise Diagne
Boeing 737-300 accident on May 9, 2024 near Dakar-Blaise Diagne, Thiès Region, Senegal with no fatalities. Cause: BEA interim report: both takeoffs...
- Date: May 9, 2024
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
- Location: Dakar-Blaise Diagne, Thiès Region, Senegal
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: BEA interim report: both takeoffs were rejected above V1, and a fuel quantity anomaly and weight and balance calculations are being examined. A hydraulic problem was reported.
A Transair Boeing 737 300 flying for Air Senegal rejected its night takeoff at Dakar Blaise Diagne after a hydraulic problem, overran runway 01 and stopped in soft ground with a fire on one wing that was quickly put out. All 85 aboard evacuated, and 11 were injured, four of them seriously. BEA reported the crew had already rejected a takeoff 12 minutes earlier.