Dire Dawa – Debre Zeit

On August 30, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Dire Dawa – Debre Zeit experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Ethiopian Airlines, with the event recorded near Mojo Oromia.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

18 people were known to be on board, 18 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 15, other fatalities: 0.

The twin engine airplane departed Dire Dawa in the morning on a flight to Harar Meda Airbase located in Debre Zeit, carrying 15 Army officers and three civilians on behalf of the Ethiopian Army. While descending to Harar Meda, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a wooded area located in Mojo, some 17 km southeast of the airfield. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 18 occupants were killed, among them two children. Operated on behalf of the Ethiopian Army with dual registration ET-AIU/808.

Aircraft reference details include registration ET-AIU, MSN 822, year of manufacture 1985.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.7831°, 39.2633°.