London - Entebbe

On April 30, 2000 at 05:48 AM, London - Entebbe experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-10, operated by DAS Air Cargo - Dairo Air Services, with the event recorded near Entebbe Central.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed London-Gatwick Airport on a cargo flight to Entebbe, carrying seven crew members and a load of 50 tons of various goods. After landing by night on runway 17, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance (runway 17/35 is 12,000 feet long), overran and plunged in the Lake Victoria. The aircraft broke in two and all seven crew members were rescued 10 minutes later.

Aircraft reference details include registration N800WR, MSN 46955/228, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 0.2124°, 32.5386°.