Two planes of the Brazilian company Embraer crashed in the same place just six hours apart. The incident occurred on Tuesday (28) at the airport in Tanzania, on the African continent.
The plane suffered a mechanical failure of the landing gear – Photo: Reproduction/NDThe planes experienced a mechanical problem
The Brazilian manufacturer’s planes had the same mechanical problem. The first crash occurred due to landing gear failure during landing at the airport.
The second plane also experienced a failure in the same device, but during takeoff. At the time of the disaster, the planes were carrying 30 passengers each. There are no reports of casualties or casualties.
The Tanzania Ministry of Transport’s Air Accident Investigation Unit will investigate the cause of the accident.
Other accidents
In 2022, a plane crash, also in Tanzania, killed 19 people on board a flight bound for Bukoba.
The aircraft was an ATR 42-500 turboprop from a local private company, Precision Air.
Source: Ndmais