WFP plane crash lands in Bor, no casulties
By John Actually
19 October 2011 (BOR) – A United Nations humanitarian aircraft, ZS-EPV, for the World Food Program (WFP) crashed while landing at Bor airport, South Sudan’s Jonglei state at 8:30am on Tuesday 19 October.
According to Charet Basol the pilot of the plane, the crash was caused by a flat tire on the right hand side that had gone undetected.
Upon landing the aircraft slid off the right hand side of the runway and into waterlogged grass.
Large planes were unable to land at the airport from 8:30am to 2:00pm as there was not enough space for them to land.
Basol said he took off from Juba with the plane in a good condition, and only realised that a tire on one side was flat while landing.
The plane’s back left tire broke off as the plane slipped off the runway.
“We suspected that something happened to the tire and we are going to investigate it. They don’t think that it was due to the condition of the runway,” he said.
The four-ton plane had six passengers and two pilots on board when it crash landed but all survived without injuries.
The crew who of engineers who came from to repair the aircraft hired a crane to move it from the runway.
The head of the engineers told Sudan Tribune that the crushed aircraft was repairable.
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Col Kowager
WFP plane crash lands in Bor, no casulties
That’ll teach you WFP to plaster your ego over the rugby world cup. All ok leaving juba, flat tyre (right) undetected, left rear tyre finished, gr8 comment of pilot to suspect something happened to tyre. WFP pay for plane repairs from from pilot and ground crew’s salaries for not doing correct pre flight checks. Governor, charge WFP to repair yr airstrip
Epuol
WFP plane crash lands in Bor, no casulties
W.F.P Is ahumanitarian organization giving the hostillities and support to vulnerable peoples in the world and those affected by natural and the man made disasters.
Thank god for given them good landed process.
Nan dit
WFP plane crash lands in Bor, no casulties
Thank God for that UN air crafts are facilitating Humantarian gap in the country. The pilot need to be warn for the failure to check the plane properly before,it air bone.