Djibouti City - Kigali

On April 18, 1973 at 12:00 AM, Djibouti City - Kigali experienced a crash involving Nord 2501 Noratlas, operated by Portalia Air-Cargo, with the event recorded near Djibouti City Djibouti City District.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While taking off from Djibouti City Airport, the twin engine airplane stalled and crashed near the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were seriously injured. They were completing a cargo flight on behalf of Wolfair.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9XR-KH, MSN 94, year of manufacture 1956.