F-OIQI, the aircraft involved in the crash, pictured in March 2007
Accident
Date
9 August 2007
Summary
Loss of control due to deterioration and vertical stabilizer failure
Site
1.5 km (0.9 mi; 0.8 nmi) off Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ), French Polynesia 17°30′6″S149°44′46″W / 17.50167°S 149.74611°W / -17.50167; -149.74611
Aircraft
Aircraft type
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Operator
Air Moorea
IATA flight No.
QE1121
Registration
F-OIQI
Flight origin
Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ/NTTM), French Polynesia
Destination
Papeete-Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT/NTAA)
Passengers
19
Crew
1
Fatalities
20
Survivors
0
Air Moorea Flight 1121 was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter which crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff from Moorea Airport on Moorea Island in French Polynesia on 9 August 2007, killing all 20 people on board.
It was bound for Tahiti's Fa'a'ā International Airport on a regular 7-minute service, one of the shortest on earth, scheduled 40 times a day. The crash resulted from loss of control due to failure of the airplane's elevator cable.[1] Frequent takeoff and landing are believed to have been a major factor in the crash, because of wear and tear on the elevator cables, inspected only at fixed time intervals, regardless of usage. Another factor may have been jet-blast from large planes pushing back from the ramp at Fa'a'ā International.
^"Accident on 9 August 2007 off the coast of Moorea (French Polynesia)" (PDF). Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety. May 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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