# NTSB DCA09WA063: Airbus A310, Moroni, Comoros, June 29, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 29, 2009, 22:51 local (22:51 UTC)
- Place: Moroni, Comoros
- Coordinates: -11.536389, 43.271389 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-11.5364&lon=43.2714&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 152 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09WA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA063

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 29, 2009, about 2251 UTC, an Airbus A310-300, 7O-ADJ, operated as Yemenia flight 626, collided with the waters of the Indian Ocean, during an approach to land at Moroni, Comoros. Of the 153 aboard, one passenger was the sole survivor and the aircraft was destroyed. The weather was reported as windy. The last departure point was Sana'a, Yemen. The investigation is under the responsibility of the Comoros Ministry of Transport. The US NTSB has designated an Accredited Representative to support the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries on this accident should be directed to: Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie B.P. 72 Moroni Comores

## Aircraft

- Registration: 7O-ADJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A310 (300)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 535
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Yemenia
- Registered owner: Yemenia
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: OYSN, Sana'a
- Destination: FMCH, Moroni
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FMCH, Prince Said Ibrahim Intl.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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