Dubai - Dubai

On October 2, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Dubai - Dubai experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Skydive Dubai, with the event recorded near Dubai-Palm Jumeirah Dubai.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

Following an uneventful skydiving mission over the Dubai Drop Zone, the pilot was returning to his base. Upon landing on runway 06, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, veered off runway to the left, struck an embankment and came to rest with the right wing torn off. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration DU-SD4, MSN 132, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.0979°, 55.1563°.