Douala airport
| Douala International | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | FKKD | ||
| IATA code | DLA | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 10 m (33 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 4 km southeast of Douala | ||
| Local transport | Taxi service | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Terminals | 1 | ||
| Passengers | 543,675 (2006) | ||
| Air freight | 12,565 t (2006) | ||
| Flight movements |
17,139 (2006) | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 12/30 | 2850 m × 45 m asphalt | ||
The Douala International Airport is an international airport , about four kilometers southeast of the center of the largest city in Cameroon , Douala . It is the airport with the highest volume of passengers in Cameroon. The airline Camair-Co (Cameroon Airlines Corporation) is based here.
The airport has a terminal. There is no flight display board that is otherwise common at international airports.
Airlines and destination airports
Several African airlines fly to Douala. Destinations like Nairobi or Casablanca are offered by leading African airlines. Destinations in Europe are served by Air France (Paris) or Brussels Airlines (Brussels) , among others .
Incidents
From 1961 to September 2019 there were 10 total write-offs of aircraft at Douala Airport and in the vicinity. In 7 of them, 387 people were killed.
- On February 3, 1951, was Douglas DC-4-1009 of Air France ( air vehicle registration number F-BBDO ) 53 kilometers north-north-west of Douala near Buea , Cameroon flown in 2600 meters altitude in a mountain (CFIT, controlled flight into terrain ). The machine was on its way to Niamey . All 23 passengers and 6 crew members died.
- On March 4, 1962, a Douglas DC-7C operated by Caledonian Airways (G-ARUD) barely gained any altitude after taking off from Douala Airport. The machine brushed several trees two kilometers past the end of the runway, hit a swamp, and burned out. All 111 occupants were killed in the accident (10 crew members and 101 passengers). This was the most fatal accident in the history of the DC-7. The crash was probably caused by an elevator blocked due to a mechanical defect .
- On May 3, 1963, a Douglas DC-6B of Air Afrique (F-BIAO) was flown 60 kilometers north-northwest of Douala in the Cameroon Mountain en route from Douala Airport to Lagos ( Nigeria ) . The machine was still climbing when it collided with the volcano at a height of almost 2000 meters. All 55 occupants were killed in this CFIT, controlled flight into terrain .
- On August 9, 1969, a Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation of the French Catair (F-BGNC) crashed while approaching Douala Airport. The wreck was only found three days later, 80 kilometers northeast of the target. All 4 crew members of the cargo flight were killed.
- On August 30, 1984 broke one on the Douala rolling Boeing 737-200 of Cameroon Airlines (TJ-CBD) , the compressor blade of the left Pratt & Whitney JT8D -Triebwerks. Flying debris broke through the wing and tank, causing the machine to catch fire. During the subsequent evacuation, 114 of the 116 people on board were able to escape from the aircraft, two passengers perished in the fire (see also Cameroon Airlines flight 786 ) .
- On 3 December 1995, a crashed Boeing 737-200 of Cameroon Airlines (TJ-CBE) while landing in Douala in a mangrove forest. Shortly before the crash, the crew initiated a go-around maneuver and reported problems with the aircraft. It was later determined that the left engine's compressor blade had broken due to material fatigue, which affected the flight path. The crew had initiated the go-around maneuver too late and did not realize that only one engine was available at the time. This led to a loss of speed and a stall, which ultimately led to a crash. 71 of the 76 people on board were killed in the accident (see also Cameroon Airlines flight 3701 ) .
- On May 5, 2007, a Boeing 737-800 (5Y-KYA) with 114 people on board on a flight from Douala , Cameroon to Nairobi crashed shortly after take-off due to a pilot's error. Seconds after take-off, the captain tilted the aircraft too far to the right due to spatial disorientation, so that it turned into a spiral flight and finally fell to the ground. All 114 occupants were killed (see also Kenya Airways flight 507 ) .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Worldwide Airport Traffic Statistics 2006. (PDF; 720 KB) Airports Council International , December 2006, archived from the original on October 8, 2007 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .
- ^ List of accidents at Douala Airport , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 52 (English), March 1994, pp. 94/27.
- ^ Accident report DC-4 F-BBDO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 27, 2017.
- ↑ Accident report DC-7C G-ARUD Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 19, 2019.
- ^ Accident report DC-6B F-BIAO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 19, 2019.
- ^ Accident report L-1049G F-BGNC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 22, 2019.
- ^ Accident report B-737-200 TJ-CBD , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 23, 2019.
- ^ Accident report B-737-200 TJ-CBE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 23, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report B-737-800 5Y-KYA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 19, 2019.