Lanseria – Lubumbashi

On July 6, 2014 at 04:30 PM, Lanseria – Lubumbashi experienced a crash involving Britten-Norman Islander, operated by International Trans Air Business, with the event recorded near Chirundu Southern.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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. The crew departed Lanseria on a positioning flight to Lubumbashi where the aircraft was based. En route, the crew encountered engine problems and elected to make an emergency landing on the Lusaka - Chirundu Road. Eventually, the twin engine aircraft crashed in a cliff. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CYA, MSN 617, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -15.8294°, 27.7804°.