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Air Guinee Boeing 737-2R6B plane crash

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Key facts

Airline
Air Guinee
Aircraft
Boeing 737-2R6B
Location
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Date
11th August, 2004
People on board
127
Fatality
0

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Accident account

The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight from Freetown to Conakry. Shortly after takeoff, technical problems appeared, and the aircraft was forced to ditch in a swamp some 3 miles beyond the end of the runway. None of the 127 passengers and crew members were killed.

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