On 27 November 2012 an Inter Iles Air Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia (registration number D6-HUA) was underway from Moroni to Anjouan (both in Comores Islands) on a charter flight with 25 passengers and 4 crew, when after taking off from Moroni's Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport it lost height, and while attempting to return to the airport, waterlanded 200 meters off the coast, about 5 km north of the airport. Local fishermen rescued everybody on board. There were only minor injuries.[21]
Jeremy..You are so right! Who cares what kind of airplane it was or where they were on Mother Earth...the bottom line is the PIC made the "Ditch" and did a damn good job! I don't care how or where you land....if everybody walks off alive...it's a good landing!
I know the place in Moroni but remember so far that it was not an Air france flight that time but an Ethiopian passengers plane short of kerozene after an hijacking by an islamist group.
Embraer 120, 23 years old Aircraft, was an Air-France Aircraft before. The Aircraft got a C-Check a couple months ago and both engines were overhauled.
Because Comores is a French and Comorian speaking area, if you want more details you need to look for French news and translate the page with Google.
The company who bought the Aircraft is Inter Îles Air.
The PIC and FO both got 5000 hours on type. Only 2 was lighltly injure.
About the other accident that has been mentionned, 159 people died and only a girl of 14 years old was alive.
Does it really matter whether the aircraft involved was a Brasilia or a 380? No. What matters is the pilot recognized a problem and saved everyone on board.
