Jigjiga - Dire Dawa

On July 27, 2021 at 12:00 AM, Jigjiga - Dire Dawa experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Abyssinian Flight Services, with the event recorded near Kombolcha-Dessie Amhara.

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine aircraft departed Jigjiga Airport on a humanitarian mission to Dire Dawa, carrying two pilots and two employees of the World Food Program. En route, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. Upon landing, the aircraft came to rest on its nose in a near vertical position with its right wing partially torn off. All four occupants escaped with minor injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration ET-AMI, MSN 208B-1260, year of manufacture 2007.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 11.1061°, 39.7266°.