Mauritania | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:32:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Spanish Military Helicopter Crashes in Atlantic Ocean; 3 Crew Members Missing https://airflightdisaster.com/spanish-military-helicopter-crashes-in-atlantic-ocean-3-crew-members-missing/ Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:32:28 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=31973 A Spanish military helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, around 280 nautical miles from its destination on Gando air base, Gran Canaria Island, Spain, on October 22. The Super Puma helicopter, carrying a captain, a lieutenant and sergeant, went down after taking off from Mauritania. Authorities said the chopper had been involved in military exercises...

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The Super Puma helicopter, carrying a captain, a lieutenant and sergeant, went down after taking off from Mauritania. Authorities said the chopper had been involved in military exercises in Dakar, Senegal and stopped at Mauritania for refueling.

All 3 crew members went missing after the crash. A search operation is underway.

The cause of crash is being investigated.

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]]> Mauritania: Engine Fire, Emergency Landing https://airflightdisaster.com/11125/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:03:03 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=11125 Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Javier Bravo Muñoz What: BMI/Astraeus Boeing 757-200 en route from Freetown Sierra Leone to London Where: Nouakchott Mauritania When: Aug 25 2010 Who: 110 aboard Why: While en route the plane developed engine problems. One account says the pilot saw an engine on fire and...

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Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Javier Bravo Muñoz

What: BMI/Astraeus Boeing 757-200 en route from Freetown Sierra Leone to London
Where: Nouakchott Mauritania
When: Aug 25 2010
Who: 110 aboard
Why: While en route the plane developed engine problems. One account says the pilot saw an engine on fire and contacted ATC for immediate clearance for an emergency landing.

The official report says that the plane was experiencing engine surges.

What matters is that the plane landed safely, with no casualties. A replacement plane was flown in.

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