Summary Renegade Air de Havilland Dash 8-300 operating for the UN WFP lost a main landing gear on take-off but managed to land safely. An investigation was launched to address how the aircraft collided with the structure during takeoff. Days prior, there was another aircraft operating for the UN that caught fire in South Sudan while landing.
A Renegade Air de Havilland Dash 8-300 operating for the United Nations suffered a loss of one of its main landing gear wheels, along with a portion of its struts, while the aircraft was taking off. Despite this, the flight made it to its destination, where the aircraft performed a belly landing, and all 35 passengers, along with the three crew members onboard the aircraft, were safely evacuated. The incident A Renegade Air flight being operated for the United Nations World Food Program (UN WFP), as reported by The Aviation Herald , collided with a dyke during its departure from Maban to Malakal, in South Sudan.
The aircraft involved in this incident was a 29-year-old de Havilland Dash 8-300 aircraft, which reportedly lost the left-hand side main landing gear wheel assemblies along with parts of the struts. While the flight crew was made aware of what had happened upon departure, the pilots made the decision to carry forward to the destination. Upon approaching Malakal, the aircraft entered a holding pattern to burn off fuel before performing a belly landing.
All 38 passengers and crew members onboard the aircraft were safely evacuated. W.