Air Moorea Flight 1121
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Date | August 9, 2007 |
Type | Unknown |
Site | Moorea, French Polynesia |
Passengers | 19 |
Crew | 1 |
Injuries | 0 |
Fatalities | 20 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
Operator | Air Moorea |
Tail number | F-OIQI[1] |
On August 9, 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121, operated on an Air Moorea de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter airplane, crashed shortly after taking off from Temae Airport on Moorea island in French Polynesia; the plane was bound for Tahiti.
According to the official report, all 20 occupants, including 19 passengers and one crew member, died.
Of the passengers, two European Union officials were on the plane. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ "All 20 Aboard Doomed Air Moorea Flight Feared Dead", Oceania Flash via Pacific Magazine, 2007-08-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
- ^ "20 Thought Dead In Pacific Plane Crash," CBS News