Sanaa - Moroni

On June 30, 2009 at 01:54 AM, Sanaa - Moroni experienced a crash involving Airbus A310, operated by Yemenia Yemen Airways, with the event recorded near Moroni-Prince Saïd Ibrahim (ex Hahaya) All Comoros Islands.

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

153 people were known to be on board, 152 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 99.3%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 11, passengers on board: 142, passenger fatalities: 141, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Sana'a, the crew started a night approach to Moroni-Prince Saïd Ibrahim Airport runway 02. Weather conditions were considered as good with a 10 km visibility, an OAT of 24° C. and a wind from 180° gusting to 25 knots for runway 20. For unknown reasons, the crew initiated a go-around procedure when the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea about 6 km from the airport. A young girl aged 12 was found alive few hours later while 152 other occupants were killed. Both CVR and DFDR were found almost two months later at a depth of 1,200 metres. The final report was published in June 2013.

Aircraft reference details include registration 7O-ADJ, MSN 535, year of manufacture 1990.