Juba - Yirol

On September 9, 2018 at 08:45 AM, Juba - Yirol experienced a crash involving Let L-410, operated by South West Aviation, with the event recorded near Yirol Lakes (<U+0627><U+0644><U+0628><U+062D><U+064A><U+0631><U+0627><U+062A>).

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

23 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 20, passenger fatalities: 17, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Yiral Airport in poor visibility due to fog, the twin engine aircraft descended too low, impacted the surface of the Yirol Lake and crashed about 2 km north of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and four occupants were rescued while 19 others were killed. A day later, one of the survivor died from his injuries. The three survivors are two children and a Italian doctor. The flight was completed on behalf of the Slaver Company based in Ukraine.

Aircraft reference details include registration UR-TWO, MSN 84 13 28, year of manufacture 1984.