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Accident | |
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Date | December 29, 2024 |
Summary | Crash intended to be an emergency landing |
Site | Coast of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Aeroprakt A-22LS |
Operator | Jazirah Aviation Club |
Registration | A6-RMS |
Flight origin | Al Jazeirah Airport |
Destination | Al Jazeirah Airport |
Occupants | 2 |
Passengers | 1 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
On December 29, 2024, an aircraft owned by the Jazirah Aviation Club launched. Immediately, the aircraft crashed in the coast of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Both occupants died, including a passenger and a pilot. After the crash, an investigation was launched.
The flight was commissioned by Doctor Sulaymaan Al Majid for sightseeing. His brother was to succeed Majid in another sightseeing flight. [1]
There was one passenger and one crew, a pilot, in the flight. [2] They belonged to, each, Pakistani and Indian nationality. [3] The sole passenger was Sulaymaan Al Majid, a 26-year-old Indian doctor. He was a clinical fellow for the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom. [1] The sole crew member was a 29-year-old Pakistani woman, who was the pilot for the flight. [4]
The aircraft was an Aeroprakt A-22LS with the registration A6-RMS. [5]
On 2:00 p.m. on December 29, 2024, a plane, owned and operated by the Jazirah Aviation Club launched from the Al Jazeirah Airport, intended to land back in the airport. [5] Immediately, the glider lost contact with air traffic control and eventually crashed off the coast of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in a supposed emergency landing. [2] [4] The two occupants survived at first but succumbed to their injuries in a hospital. [1]
After the crash, the Air Incidents Team for the General Civil Aviation Authority received a report about the incident. Eventually, the incident was publicized, with the GCAA issuing condolences to the family involved in the incident. [6]
An investigation was launched to determine the cause of the crash. [3]
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