Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique Flight 470
| Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique Flight 470 | |
|---|---|
 An Embraer 190 from LAM |
|
| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Pilot suicide |
| place | Bwabwata National Park |
| date | November 29, 2013 |
| Fatalities | 33 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Embraer 190-100 IGW |
| operator | Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique |
| Mark | C9-EMC |
| Surname | Chaimite |
| Departure airport | Maputo airport |
| Destination airport | Luanda Airport |
| Passengers | 27 |
| crew | 6th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On November 29, 2013, an Embraer 190 crashed on flight 470 of the Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique from Maputo in Mozambique to Luanda in Angola .
course
The plane took off from Maputo Airport at 11:26 a.m. local time and rose to its cruising altitude of 38,000 feet . At 13:09 local time, air traffic control saw it descend rapidly and disappear from the radar at an altitude of 3,000 feet . At first it was assumed that the Embraer 190 had made an emergency landing. The next day, however, search teams found the charred debris of the Embraer in Bwabwata National Park . None of the inmates survived.
Passengers and crew
33 people were killed in the accident, including 6 crew members. The flight captain Hermínio dos Santos Fernandes had 9,053 recorded flight hours, the first officer 1,418 hours.
| nationality | number |
|---|---|
 Mozambique
|
16 |
 Angola
|
9 |
 Portugal
|
5 |
 France
|
1 |
 Brazil
|
1 |
 People's Republic of China
|
1 |
root cause
The interim report published in January 2015 suggests that the master caused the accident on purpose. The cockpit door is said to have been locked from the inside to prevent the second pilot from re-entering the cockpit . According to the flight data recorder , the change in the flight altitude setting for the autopilot from the set value FL380 (38,000 feet or approx. 11,600 m) to a value of 592 feet (approx. 180 m) resulted in a continuous descent with a duration of about 7 minutes that ended with impact. The investigation into the cause of this accident continued until April 2016. The final report identified an extended suicide ( pilot suicide ) by the pilot as the final reason for the crash .
See also
Web links
- Interim Report ( Archive ( Memento from April 14, 2015 on WebCite )) Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations Namibia (EN)
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LAM Mozambique Airlines - Index of press releases related to the crash
- Voo TM 470 ( Memento from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PT) (Archive)
- Flight TM 470 (EN) (Archive)
- Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crash: LAM E190 over Botswana / Namibia on Nov 29th 2013, captain intentionally crashed aircraft
- ↑ Simon Hradecky: Crash: LAM E190 over Botswana / Namibia on Nov 29th 2013, captain intentionally crashed aircraft. In: The Aviation Heral. January 8, 2014, accessed September 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Pilot steered into the ground. Allgemeine Zeitung, April 15, 2016. ( Memento from April 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 18 ° 10 ′ 12 ″ S , 21 ° 37 ′ 48 ″ E