An Ethiopian Airlines DHC-8-402Q, operating flight ET357 from Entebbe to Juba and Addis Ababa, suffered a runway excursion during takeoff from Juba Airport, South Sudan.
The accident has since been attributed to wet conditions which have caused extensive damage to the aircraft. According to The Aviation Herald, the left-hand main landing gear collapsed and one propeller blades shattered, puncturing the fuselage.
All passengers were evacuated and no injuries reported so far. Aircraft has sustained damage, and all landings into Juba are made via the unorthodox runway 31.
According to Irene Lasu, a journalist working with Radio Miraya in South Sudan, Flights at Juba international airport are operating as normal after an Ethiopian airlines flight skid off the runway yesterday evening. The aircraft that was headed to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, veered of the airport runway in bad weather as it was taking off.
“All 21 passengers and crew aboard Ethiopian airlines flight that skid off the runway yesterday evening have been rebooked on another flight this morning.” She wrote in social media.
The airline has experienced a number of accidents in the last two years.
30-Aug-2018 DHC, 18 fatalities;
10-Mar-2019 737 Max, 157 fatalities.
9-Oct-2019 Engine fire, no fatalities
10-Dec-2019 runway excursion
