An Air Senegal British Aerospace 748 Mk2A crashed just after take-off from Tambacounda, Senegal on 1 February, killing three crew and 20 passengers aboard.
The flight-data recorder and cockpit-voice recorder have been recovered, and representatives of the manufacturer and the type certificating authority, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, are assisting the investigators. Information from some of the 29 survivors suggests that the left engine failed some 30s after take-off, and the aircraft crash-landed from about 120ft (40m). The aircraft (6V-AEO) was being flown on a charter from Tambacounda to Dakar.
Nigerian regional airline Express Airways suffered a fatal accident on 31 January, when an Embraer Bandeirante (5N-AXS) crashed in poor visibility on approach to Yola, Nigeria. There were five fatalities among the 16 people on board.
Source: Flight International
