The Aviation Herald reports on how two of the same aircraft had accidents at the same airport on the same day, and it was seemingly unrelated… huh?
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I would be looking at service records of both aircraft to see if there is some common link - person, place, parts supplied, etc. Both experienced landing gear malfunction - could even be a sabotage by some disgruntled mechanic. Coincidences are rarely coincidences.
It could theoretically be connected, if during the first accident the aircraft left some debris on the runway and the second aircraft on takeoff ran into those. But that's for the investigators to find out.
Very weird situation indeed.
Coincidence? I THINK NOT.
Airport reopened 6 HOURS (maximum) after a severe accident? Seems difficult to believe - clean up and repair not done right of the airport grounds, debris and foreign objects likely on the runway damaging the second aircraft reuslting in this! A piece of metal debris on the runway could easily do this.
As for same airplane - embraer 120s are amongst the MOST COMMON prop aircraft in northern afrcia so this isn't too shocking
This is like Tanzania’s own mini version of the two Malaysia Airlines incidents in 2014.
Without specifically commenting on these two accidents, it should be noted that operations on gravel runways like Kikoboga are brutal on the undercarriage. These are not the first gear failures in such situations and are unlikely to be the last.
Makes me wonder if there was a maintenance person who was either incompetent or deliberately sabotaging these planes.
Glad no one was seriously hurt