An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-400 cargo plane en route from Lome airport, Togo, to Accra-Kotoka Airport, Ghana, crash-landed at its destination on January 10, 2015, Saturday.
According to aviation-safety, the jet has sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion during landing at about 11:05 (local time). The three crew members were taken to the 37 Military Hospital in the Ghanaian capital.
Scene of Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-400F cargo plane crash, Accra, Ghana. Photo: @AviationSafety
Photo evidence from the accident shows that the Boeing came to rest off the runway with a separated right hand main gear and engine.
Engine got separated from the aircraft Photo: @AviationSafety
The nose of the aircraft was damaged by what seems to be the separated engine #2.
The circumstances of the crash-landing are being investigated. Bad weather conditions are considered as the main contributing factor.
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