Kenya Airways Flight 507
The aircraft involved in the accident is seen here at OR Tambo International Airport in January 2007.
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | 5 May 2007 |
| Summary | Pilot error, spatial disorientation |
| Site | Mbanga Pongo, in the Douala III subdivision, 5.42 km south (176°) of the end of Douala airport runway 12 3°57′04″N 9°44′02″E / 3.951°N 9.734°ECoordinates: 3°57′04″N 9°44′02″E / 3.951°N 9.734°E |
| Passengers | 108 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 114 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-8AL |
| Operator | Kenya Airways |
| Registration | 5Y-KYA |
| Flight origin | Port Bouet Airport |
| Last stopover | Douala International Airport |
| Destination | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport |
Kenya Airways Flight 507 was a scheduled Abidjan–Douala–Nairobi passenger service, operated with a Boeing 737-800, that crashed in the initial stage of its second leg on 5 May 2007, immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon.
The plane broke up into small pieces and came to rest mostly submerged in a mangrove swamp, 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) to the south (176°) of the end of the Douala International Airport's runway 12. There were no survivors. The investigation by the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority determined that the pilots failed to notice and correct excessive bank following takeoff. This led to the loss of control and crash of the aircraft.
After the crash, the flight route designation was changed from KQ507 to KQ504 for flights between Douala and Nairobi with the same aircraft type.
The aircraft involved in the accident, registration 5Y-KYA (serial number 35069), was a Boeing 737-8AL that was equipped with twin CFMI CFM56-7B26 powerplants. The airframe first flew on 9 October 2006, and was delivered to Kenya Airways on 27 October the same year. The aircraft was six months old at the time of the accident. It was one of three Boeing 737-800s Kenya Airways had recently acquired from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise. The 52-year-old pilot in command—who had logged 8,500 hours on jetliners—and co-pilot (aged 23) had joined the airline 20 years and one year, respectively, before the accident.
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