In the wee hours of 22 October, a RwandAir De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 (registered 9XR-WM) operated domestic flight WB601 between Kigali and Kamembe, Rwanda. During landing – after a 30-minutes flight, however, the aircraft suffered a runway excursion.
At the moment of landing, the runway was reported as “wet”.
According to an official statement from the airline’s authorities, an investigation into the matter was going to be launched.
“RwandAir flight WB601 to Kamembe this morning had a minor incident on landing,” RwandAir posted on social media, adding that “all passengers and crew are safe. We ‘ll experience some disruptions in our schedule today and apologize for any inconvenience.”
RwandAir operates a Dash 8-Q400 with seven flights per week to and from Kigali International Airport. Kigali is the Capital city of Randa and 147 miles away from Kamembe. The airport receives charter flights from Tanzania, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, though not on a regular schedule.
Kamembe Airport is located approximately 5 kilometers (3 mi), by road, north of Cyangugu’s central business district, Rusizi District, in the Western Province of Rwanda.
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