Type Boeing 737-8FB Date 5 September 2015 Total fatalities 7 | Registration 3C-LLY Summary Mid-air collision | |
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Site Eastern Senegal, between waypoints DEMOL and GATIL Total survivors unknown (All on the 737) Flight origin Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR/GOOY), Dakar, Senegal Stopover Malabo International Airport, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (diversion) Operators CEIBA Intercontinental, Senegal Airlines Similar Aviastar Flight 7503, Dynamic Airways Flight 405, 2016 Sunbird Aviation c, 2015 Juba An‑12 crash, British Airways Flight 2276 | ||
Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines Flight 71 was a Boeing 737-8FB flying from Dakar to Cotonou that collided with an air ambulance operated by Senegalair over eastern Senegal. The 737 diverted to Malabo following the collision and landed safely, but the air ambulance crashed, killing everyone on board.
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Accident
The two aircraft collided at approximately 18:13 over eastern Senegal. It is believed that the air ambulance suffered a decompression event as a result of the collision, disabling everyone on board, continuing on autopilot past Dakar, until it is presumed to have run out of fuel and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 110 kilometers (68 miles) off the coast of Dakar. The 737 received little damage in the collision, a small part of the left winglet was sheared off. As the aircraft was nearing Cotonou, the captain announced that they had to continue on to Malabo due to 'technical and security reasons'.
Aircraft
The Ceiba aircraft was a Boeing 737-8FB, (3C-LLY), that had been in service since February 2014. The air ambulance was a Hawker Siddeley HS125-700A, registration 6V-AIM, that had been in service since 1979. That air ambulance is still missing and is presumed damaged beyond repair.