2015-04-28 Felix Airways CRJ-700 destroyed during air raid at Sanaa
Narrative
In the morning hours, Saudi Arabia carried out air-strikes against the aerodrome in Sanaa, Yemen. The military operation named „Restoring Hope“, targeted Houthi rebels who had vowed to dislodge President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi.
In the air-raid the cvilian Canadair Jet took a direct hit, caught fire and and was gutted to total destruction.
The Saudi-led coalition bombed the runway of the country’s main airport to prevent an Iranian flight from landing, officials from both sides said.
An airport spokesman said, that a cargo plane was also hit.
An official at the Yemeni civil aviation authority said the runway was targeted by 20 sorties that destroyed both the take-off and landing runways.
OCCURENCE DATASET
Date: 2015-04-28 Time: 08:00
Location: OYSN SAH Sanaa Intl Airport
Country: Yemen
Flight phase: STD – Standing with Engine(s) not Operating
Damage to a/c: hull loss
Flight
Flight no.:
From: 0000/: NONE To: 0000/: NONE
Type: Ground
Operator: Felix Airways
Aircraft
Type: Canadair CRJ-700
Registration: 7O-FAA
Age a/c: 6,6 years
Constr. No.: 10267
Aircraft Involved
Occupants & Casualties
| Crew | Pax | Other | Total | |
| Occupants | ||||
| Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JACDEC 20-year Statistics :
- 26th safety occurence for the operator
- 150th safety occurence of type (B747-400)
- 52nd safety occurence at airport
- 2nd safety occurence for aircraft in question
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Abbreviations
AP = Airport / AL = Airlines / Avn = Aviation / AW = Airways / C/N: Construction Number / DSP = Domestic Scheduled Passenger / DNP = Domestic Non-Scheduled Passenger / DSC = Domestic Scheduled Cargo / DNC= Domestic Non-Scheduled Cargo / GND = On the ground / parked, stored / FMN= Flying Mission, Air Work / FRY = Ferry-, Positioning Flight / IMC = Intrument Meteorological (flying) Conditions / ISP = International Scheduled Passenger / ISC=International Scheduled Cargo / INP = International Non-Scheduled Passenger / INC =International Non-Scheduled Cargo/ OPS = Flight Operation(s) / NRV = Non-revenue, Private Flight / TRN =Training Flight / TST = Test & Certification Flight / VMC = Visual Meteorological (flying) Conditions