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According to the preliminary report, the aircraft suffered substantial damage to the propellers and right landing gear after it struct and tore off the vertical stabilizer and rudder of the first
Britten Norman Islander. The ATR-72's right landing gear then crushed the fuselage of another Islander,
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Upon landing in Port Villa, the aircraft departed the runway and collided with two
Britten-Norman Islander aircraft belonging to Air Taxi and Unity Airlines. The aircraft belonging to Air Taxi was severely damaged, with its vertical stabilizer ripped off. It was
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Apart of the "Electrical Smoke" checklist was another checklist known as "QRH SMOKE" which lacked information. The lack of information and the burden falling to one person caused the pilots to not consider other issues and instead followed the checklist.
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on August 10, 2018, which discarded several potential causes such as weather conditions. The report also revealed no signs of a fire occurring before or after the crash. Survival factors were also analysed, such as how well the evacuation was executed.
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All 4 crew and 39 passengers on board evacuated the aircraft without injury. The pilots of the ATR-72 reported that they had no brakes or nose wheel steering, which they gave as the reason for the runway excursion and subsequent collision.
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bus tie contractor, triggering a loss of power in hydraulic systems, including the brakes, and activation of further warning lights. This further distracted the crew, who then started the wrong pre-landing checklist.
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431:, the aircraft's right engine caught fire. While the pilots were able to regain control, the pilots botched their response after shutting the engine down. After landing in Port Vila, the pilots tried to use
889:"FINAL REPORT AIC 18-1002 Air Vanuatu Operations Limited YJ-AV71 ATR 72-500 Loss of directional control during landing roll Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila REPUBLIC OF VANUATU 28 July 2018"
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801:"PRELIMINARY REPORT AIC 18-1002 Air Vanuatu Operations Limited ATR 72-500 Loss of directional control during landing roll Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila REPUBLIC OF VANUATU 28 July 2018"
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The isolation of the DC BTC and the still shut-down right engine caused all systems powered by the right DC to shut down due to a lack of power. This then further activated more warnings, reducing
521:. Passengers witnessed a fire in the engine and reported smoke in the cabin. The aircraft temporarily went into an uncontrolled roll before the crew regained control and shut the engine down.
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Following the engine fire, smoke inside the cabin led the pilots to declare an emergency and begin immediate descent. The smoke activated the "ELEC SMK" (electric smoke) warning, an
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529:. The other plane, of Unity Airlines, was also damaged beyond repair. Although nobody was injured in the collision, thirteen passengers were treated for
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Co-pilot: a 27-year-old
Vanuatuan male, who — at the time of the accident — logged a total of 1,629 flight hours, only 55 of which were on ATR-72 models.
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Captain: a 34-year-old French male, who — at the time of the accident — logged a total of 7,205 flight hours, 3,870 of which were on ATR-72 models.
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720. The aircraft first flew on 6 June 2005. At the time of the accident, it had accumulated 19,887 hours and 39 minutes flight time.
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being unavailable. The pilots were not aware of their lack of brakes, and quickly lost control before striking the two
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733:"Accident: Vanuatu AT72 at Port Vila on Jul 28th 2018, engine fire, runway excursion, collision with 2 other aircraft"
599:. His inexperience and introverted personality left the PiC to manage most of the emergency in a blatant failure of
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of Unity
Airlines, registration YJ-OO9, MSN 65. The aircraft had first flown on 11 April 1969.
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The co-pilot attempted to rectify the warning by going through the "Electrical Smoke"
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685:"Air Vanuatu crash report highlights lack of emergency training for pilots and crew"
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439:. Thirteen of 43 people on board were injured due to the prior engine fire.
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released their final report on
October 29, 2019. The report stated that the
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of Air Taxi, registration YJ-AL2, MSN 609. It had first flown in 1971.
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The Civil
Aviation Authority of Vanuatu requested Papua New Guinea's
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Accidents and incidents involving the
Britten-Norman Islander
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while on the ground, despite both the aircraft's brakes and
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was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight between
918:"Air Vanuatu responds to PNG Accident Investigation Report"
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Flight 241 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from
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This lack of situational awareness led the pilots to use
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as pilots attempted to address these further problems
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575:Papua New Guinea Accident Investigation Commission
48:Runway excursion during emergency landing due to
114:YJ-AV71, the aircraft involved in the accident
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653:, focusing on pilot and cabin crew training.
237:YJ-OO9, the aircraft involved in the accident
8:
1376:Accidents and incidents involving the ATR 72
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447:The aircraft involved in the accident were:
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1366:Aviation accidents and incidents in Vanuatu
1004:Sapphire Aviation Bell UH-1H Iroquois crash
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556:The preliminary report was released by the
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581:was not the direct cause of the accident.
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1361:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2018
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1034:Mexican Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M crash
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649:released two safety recommendations to
549:to investigate the accident. Canada's
1204:K2 Aviation de Havilland Beaver crash
1054:Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crash
7:
1094:Philippines Piper PA-23 Apache crash
1064:Iran Bombardier Challenger 604 crash
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701:from the original on 8 February 2023
1124:U.S. Air National Guard C-130 crash
695:Australian Broadcasting Corporation
858:"YJ-AL2 Non hull-loss description"
553:also assisted the investigation.
14:
735:. Aviation Herald. Archived from
547:Accident Investigation Commission
1044:Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704
970:Aviation accidents and incidents
508:Bauerfield International Airport
407:Bauerfield International Airport
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171:Bauerfield International Airport
65:Bauerfield International Airport
663:BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845
1314:Gatwick Airport drone incident
1294:Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256
1244:Yirol Let L-410 Turbolet crash
1184:Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431
1154:UY Aviation King Air C90 crash
1114:Southwest Airlines Flight 1380
1104:Algerian Air Force Il-76 crash
1074:New York City helicopter crash
836:"YJ-OO9 hull loss description"
588:system to the two pilots. The
435:to taxi and collided with two
1:
1144:Cubana de Aviación Flight 972
1084:US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211
916:Hakwa, Charles (2019-11-01).
683:Fox, Liam (27 October 2020).
1134:Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633
994:Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622
645:Following the accident, the
1386:July 2018 events in Oceania
1284:Sky Lease Cargo Flight 4854
1024:United Airlines Flight 1175
1014:Saratov Airlines Flight 703
551:Transportation Safety Board
1402:
1264:Leicester helicopter crash
1194:Ju-Air Junkers Ju 52 crash
1164:Pretoria Convair 340 crash
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1214:Horizon Air Q400 incident
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860:. Aviation Safety Network
838:. Aviation Safety Network
766:. Aviation Safety Network
601:Crew Resources Management
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896:Via: Aviation-Safety.Net
635:Britten-Norman Islanders
533:due to the prior fire.
437:Britten-Norman Islanders
1324:Puebla helicopter crash
482:The crew consisted of:
476:Britten-Norman Islander
470:Britten-Norman Islander
284:Britten-Norman Islander
246:Britten-Norman Islander
1304:Air Astana Flight 1388
1174:Air Vanuatu Flight 241
764:"Accident description"
395:Air Vanuatu Flight 241
33:28 July 2018
20:Air Vanuatu Flight 241
16:2018 aviation incident
1254:Air Niugini Flight 73
1224:XiamenAir Flight 8667
620:situational awareness
527:damaged beyond repair
367:International Airport
54:situational awareness
173:, Port Vila, Vanuatu
1342:► 2019
1336:2017 ◄
1274:Lion Air Flight 610
443:Aircraft & crew
21:
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922:Vanuatu Daily Post
500:Whitegrass Airport
399:Whitegrass Airport
353:Whitegrass Airport
154:Whitegrass Airport
1348:
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813:on 11 August 2018
739:on 29 August 2018
731:Hradecky, Simon.
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79:Total fatalities
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631:ground control
627:reverse thrust
612:direct current
579:engine failure
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297:Registration
260:Registration
141:Registration
52:and loss of
901:29 February
651:Air Vanuatu
456:Air Vanuatu
427:While over
419:Air Vanuatu
167:Destination
134:Air Vanuatu
50:pilot error
1355:Categories
927:2024-02-29
670:References
558:commission
422:ART-72-500
365:Bauerfield
202:Fatalities
186:Passengers
37:2018-07-28
817:10 August
641:Aftermath
597:checklist
586:ambiguous
519:Erromango
512:Port Vila
462:YJ-AV71.
429:Erromango
411:Port Vila
305:Occupants
268:Occupants
218:Survivors
178:Occupants
69:Port Vila
864:4 August
842:4 August
699:Archived
690:ABC News
657:See also
341:124miles
292:Air Taxi
289:Operator
252:Operator
221:43 (all)
210:Injuries
130:Operator
25:Accident
974: (
972:in 2018
770:28 July
743:28 July
515:Vanuatu
415:Vanuatu
161:Vanuatu
145:YJ-AV71
73:Vanuatu
45:Summary
35: (
1320:Dec 24
1310:Dec 19
1300:Nov 11
1270:Oct 29
1260:Oct 27
1250:Sep 28
1220:Aug 16
1210:Aug 10
1180:Jul 31
1170:Jul 28
1160:Jul 10
1150:Jun 28
1140:May 18
1130:May 14
1110:Apr 17
1100:Apr 11
1090:Mar 17
1080:Mar 12
1070:Mar 11
1060:Mar 11
1040:Feb 18
1030:Feb 16
1020:Feb 13
1010:Feb 11
1000:Jan 17
990:Jan 13
705:17 May
569:Causes
494:Flight
452:ATR-72
300:YJ-AL2
263:YJ-OO9
123:ATR-72
1290:Nov 9
1280:Nov 7
1240:Sep 9
1230:Sep 1
1200:Aug 4
1190:Aug 4
1120:May 2
1050:Mar 6
892:(PDF)
811:(PDF)
804:(PDF)
504:Tanna
403:Tanna
339:200km
158:Tanna
976:2018
903:2024
866:2018
844:2018
819:2018
772:2018
745:2018
707:2024
573:The
405:and
281:Type
242:Type
194:Crew
125:-500
119:Type
61:Site
30:Date
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506:to
464:MSN
454:of
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