N577MX, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2011
Accident
Date
24 October 2016 (2016-10-24)
Summary
Mechanical Failure
Site
Malta International Airport, near Kirkop, Malta 35°50′38.5″N14°29′29.3″E / 35.844028°N 14.491472°E / 35.844028; 14.491472
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Fairchild SA227-AT Merlin IVC
Operator
CAE Aviation
Registration
N577MX
Flight origin
Malta International Airport
Destination
Malta International Airport
Occupants
5
Crew
5
Fatalities
5
Survivors
0
On 24 October 2016, a twin turboprop Fairchild SA227-AT Merlin IVC operated by CAE Aviation crashed near Kirkop, Malta, shortly after take-off from Malta International Airport. The aircraft was to operate in the vicinity of Misrata in Libya on a surveillance mission by the French Ministry of Defence. All five people on board the aircraft died in the crash, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Malta since 1975.[1]
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