Kigali - Entebbe

On November 12, 2009 at 01:15 PM, Kigali - Entebbe experienced a crash involving Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-100, operated by Jetlink Express, with the event recorded near Kigali Kigali City.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was taxiing at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

15 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 14 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 6.7%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff, when the Copilot pulled back the thrust levers of both engines to the desired positions, the thrust lever on left engine could not move and the engine remained in full power. The Pilot in Command (PIC) then informed Air Traffic Controller (ATC) that the aircraft had a technical problem and requested to return to the airport. The crew managed to land safely with the Copilot and accompanying company maintenance engineer struggling to control the left engine which was on high power setting and the PIC controlling the aircraft using only the right hand engine. The aircraft taxied to parking bay number 4 with the left engine still in full power. The captain applied the parking brake and the aircraft stopped for a while and before putting on the chocks, the aircraft started moving forward at a high speed through the jet blast fence and crashed into Control Tower building. A passenger was killed, six people were injured, three seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5Y-JLD, MSN 7197, year of manufacture 1997.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.9360°, 30.1559°.