Air Crash Daily | Transair Sweden/United Nations Flight 001 (Dag Hammarskjรถld Plane Crash) Before & Aftermath Footage @AirCrashDaily | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Accident Description:
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On ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ญ, a Transair Sweden Douglas DC-6 (Reg. SE-BDY) was conducting a special flight (UNO001) from Elisabethville to Ndola via Lรฉopoldville on behalf of the United Nations Organizations, carrying 5 crew members and 11 passengers, among them Dag Hammarskjรถld, a United Nations General Secretary.
The plane departed Lรฉopoldville at 16:51. At 23:35 contact was made with Ndola Tower and the crew gave an ETA of 00:20. At 23:47 the plane was abeam Ndola. The plane descended to 6,000 feet in accordance with the clearance from Ndola Tower. At 22:10 the flight reported "lights in sight, overhead Ndola descending, confirm QNH". The instrument approach procedure consists of initial approach at 6,000 feet on a track of 280ยฐ until 30 seconds after the NDB has been passed. The procedure turn is then made to the right at the same height.
On completion of that turn and when on the inbound track of 100ยฐ to the NDB the plane descends to 5,000 feet over the NDB, thereafter descending to the critical height of the aerodrome. subsequent turn to the left. The crew apparently attempted a visual approach to the airport as the plane turned right after crossing the airport the pilot continued his approach by a subsequent turn to the left. The DC-6 descended and struck trees at an altitude of 4,357 feet.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Prelude
1:49 Aftermath
Accident Description:
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https://x.com/aircrashdaily/status/1571479674219540482?s=19
On ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ญ, a Transair Sweden Douglas DC-6 (Reg. SE-BDY) was conducting a special flight (UNO001) from Elisabethville to Ndola via Lรฉopoldville on behalf of the United Nations Organizations, carrying 5 crew members and 11 passengers, among them Dag Hammarskjรถld, a United Nations General Secretary.
The plane departed Lรฉopoldville at 16:51. At 23:35 contact was made with Ndola Tower and the crew gave an ETA of 00:20. At 23:47 the plane was abeam Ndola. The plane descended to 6,000 feet in accordance with the clearance from Ndola Tower. At 22:10 the flight reported "lights in sight, overhead Ndola descending, confirm QNH". The instrument approach procedure consists of initial approach at 6,000 feet on a track of 280ยฐ until 30 seconds after the NDB has been passed. The procedure turn is then made to the right at the same height.
On completion of that turn and when on the inbound track of 100ยฐ to the NDB the plane descends to 5,000 feet over the NDB, thereafter descending to the critical height of the aerodrome. subsequent turn to the left. The crew apparently attempted a visual approach to the airport as the plane turned right after crossing the airport the pilot continued his approach by a subsequent turn to the left. The DC-6 descended and struck trees at an altitude of 4,357 feet.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Prelude
1:49 Aftermath
![2004 Macedonian Government Beechcraft Super King Air [Z3-BAB] crash CVR Recording](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P-33Ag2c-zI/hqdefault.jpg "2004 Macedonian Government Beechcraft Super King Air [Z3-BAB] crash CVR Recording
On ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฐ, a Beechcraft Super King Air (Reg. Z3-BAB) departed Skopje on an official flight to Mostar, carrying 2 pilots and 7 passengers, among them Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia. Trajkovski was flying to Mostar with members of his government to take part to an economic conference.
The plane departed Skopje at 06:48. At 07:46, ACC Zagreb transferred the plane to APP Mostar. At 07:51, the flight crew reported overhead IAF DIRUK. After IAF DIRUK, the flight crew performed a left turn for 180ยฐ and established heading 146ยฐ, at 4,700 feet. During last 60ยฐ of the turn the flight crew noticed that indications of DME and VOR were lost. The flight crew reported to APP Mostar that they do not have indication of VOR. After 18 seconds co-pilot confirmed to the captain that indicator VOR/DME has been established again and that everything is under control what was conveyed to APP Mostar by the captain.
At distance of 13 NM to VOR/DME MSR, after the approved by the captain, co-pilot disengaged autopilot and had taken the control of the plane. After passing 7 NM to VOR/DME MSR the plane continued with descending on assigned radial 326. And 31 seconds later the plane reached the altitude of 1,810 feet (MDA). The co-pilot then asked for permission from the captain to continue with descent, on which captain did not reply but ordered to co-pilot to increase the power. After that the plane impacted the tree and right after the ground as well.
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ:
Aircraft accident of Z3-BAB is caused by:
Non-compliance with published approach procedure at Mostar airport, regarding distance and altitude, resulted in Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT).
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐:
โ Inadequate briefing of the flight crew for performing the flight,
โ Check list was not consulted,
โ Lack of Crew Resources Management (CRM) practice during flight,
โ Flight crew decision to land at Mostar airport, despite cloud ceiling being below MDA,
โ Flight crew decision to continue flight after loss of VOR/DME indication.")
