Air Moorea Flight 1121
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Air Moorea Flight 1121
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 August 2007 |
| Type | Pilot error |
| Site | Moorea, French Polynesia |
| Passengers | 19 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Fatalities | 20 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
| Operator | Air Moorea |
| Tail number | F-OIQI[1] |
On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121, operated on an Air Moorea de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter airplane, crashed shortly after taking off from Temae Airport on Moorea island in French Polynesia; the plane was bound for Tahiti's Faa'a International Airport.
According to the official report by Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'Aviation Civile, all 20 occupants, including 19 passengers and one crew member, died. Of the passengers, two European Union officials were on the plane. [2]
The report found that the crash was caused by the failure of the pitch control cables following the retraction of the flaps after take-off, which causes significant torque on that aircraft and thus additional pressure on the cables. The failure was caused by significant wear due to the lack of special maintenance and inspections for the stainless-steel cables (which are more subject to wear than their carbon steel counterparts), and exacerbated by the jet-blast of a B777 while the aircraft was parked. Another contributory cause for the crash were found to be the lack of pilot training for loss of pitch control.
References
- ^ "All 20 Aboard Doomed Air Moorea Flight Feared Dead". Oceania Flash via Pacific Magazine. 2007-08-10. http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/08/10/all-20-aboard-doomed-air-moorea-flight-feared-dead. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ "20 Thought Dead In Pacific Plane Crash," CBS News
External links
- "Accident to the DHC6 – 300 off the coast of the island of Moorea (French Polynesia) on 9 August 2007." Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile
- Final Report (French) (Archive)
- Interim report (French) (Archive)
- "Press Releases - Moorea"
- "SAFETY RECOMMENDATION made on 9 October 2007." (Archive)
- "Aussie couple die in air crash." AAP at the Courier Mail. August 10, 2007.
Coordinates: 17°29′18″S 149°45′44″W / 17.48833°S 149.76222°W
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