Maya-Maya Airport
Airport in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
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Maya–Maya International Airport (IATA: BZV, ICAO: FCBB) (French: Aéroport international Maya-Maya) is an international airport serving Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo.[1]
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Brazzaville | ||||||||||
| Location | Brazzaville, Republic of Congo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,048 ft (319 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°15′06″S 15°15′11″E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Facilities
In 2010, a new 3,300-metre (10,800 ft) long runway and a new terminal with three air bridges were opened. The older runway was repaired and now is used as a taxiway. A second phase of the new terminal was completed in 2013, the construction of which, valued at $160 million, was undertaken by Chinese construction firm Weihai International Economic & Technical Cooperative Co., Ltd.[2]
The head office of the republic's air accident investigation agency, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA Congo), is on the property of the airport.[3]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air France Cargo | Bangui[14] |
| Cargolux | Luxembourg |
| Etihad Cargo | Abu Dhabi, Lagos |
| Ethiopian Airlines Cargo | Addis Ababa[15] |
Accidents and incidents
- On 19 September 1989, UTA Flight 772, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (registration N54629)[16] operating the Brazzaville-N'Djamena-Paris CDG sector, was bombed 46 minutes after take-off from N'Djamena causing the aircraft to crash while flying over Niger, killing all 156 passengers and 14 crew members on board.[17][18] This incident marked the deadliest air disaster involving a French-operated airliner, in terms of loss of life for nearly 20 years until Air France Flight 447 in June 2009.
- 23 November 1996: Hijackers forced Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, bound from Mumbai and Addis Ababa to Abidjan through many stops (including Brazzaville), to crash into the Indian Ocean.
- On 26 August 2009, an Antonov An-12 of Aero-Fret (registered TN-AIA) crashed on approach. The flight had originated from Pointe Noire Airport. The five Ukrainian crew and one Congolese passenger were killed.[19]
- On 30 November 2012, an Aéro-Service (initially mistakenly attributed to Trans Air Congo[20]) Ilyushin Il-76T on a cargo flight from Pointe-Noire to Brazzaville crashed during landing short of runway 5L at Maya–Maya Airport in Brazzaville in bad weather, in a residential area.[21] All six crew members, five of them from Armenia, one police officer on board the aircraft, and 26 people on the ground were killed, and 14 people on the ground were injured.[20]
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