5Y-KYA, the aircraft involved in the accident at OR Tambo International Airport in January 2007 (January 2007).
Accident
Date
5 May 2007
Summary
Pilot error leading to loss of control
Site
Mbanga Pongo, near Douala International Airport, Douala, Cameroon 3°57′21″N9°45′03″E / 3.9557°N 9.7509°E / 3.9557; 9.7509
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-8AL
Operator
Kenya Airways
IATA flight No.
KQ507
ICAO flight No.
KQA507
Call sign
KENYA 507
Registration
5Y-KYA
Flight origin
Port Bouet Airport, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Stopover
Douala International Airport, Douala, Cameroon
Destination
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
Occupants
114
Passengers
108
Crew
6
Fatalities
114
Survivors
0
Kenya Airways Flight 507 was a scheduled Abidjan–Douala–Nairobi passenger service, operated by Kenya Airways. On 5 May 2007, the Boeing 737–800 aircraft serving the flight crashed in the initial stage of its second leg, immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon.[1][2][3]
The plane broke up into small pieces and came to rest mostly submerged in a mangrove swamp, 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi; 2.9 nmi) to the south (176°) of the end of Douala International Airport's runway 12.[4][5] There were no survivors.[4][6][7] The investigation by the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority determined that the pilots failed to notice and correct excessive bank following takeoff. This led to the loss of control and crash of the aircraft.[8]
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