Air Senegal Flight 301
Transair operator for Air Senegal Boeing 737 Classic · Runway excursion after a failed takeoff, failing to stop correctly after exceeding V1 speed
From Modibo Keita International Airport (BKO) to Modibo Keita International Airport (BKO)
Event
- NTSB case
- DCA24WA182
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Unknown
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Unknown · led by another country; figures from NTSB notifications
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 85
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 10
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
Boeing 737 Classic
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 6V-AJE
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Modibo Keita International Airport (BKO)To Modibo Keita International Airport (BKO)
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Non-U.S., Commercial
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Takeoff · rejected takeoff
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Runway excursion
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
No findings designated as a cause are recorded in the NTSB data yet.
Approximate · Estimated position: Blaise Diagne International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
Air Senegal Flight 301 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Blaise Diagne International Airport, Dakar, to Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako, on 9 May 2024. The pilots attempted to stop the aircraft when performing a failed takeoff but the aircraft crashed shortly afterwards. The accident left 10 injured on board and four suffered serious injuries. The accident is still under investigation.
Accident
Flight 301 was preparing to take off at around 16:30 local time, when the pilots reported a hydraulic problem while taking off on the runway, but the aircraft could not take off; the pilots decided to abort the takeoff but the Boeing 737 began a very sharp turn and kept turning towards the left of the runway. The left engine and the wing caught fire but were quickly extinguished. The emergency vehicles evacuated all the passengers and the injured were taken to a local hospital. The airport was closed after the incident and was opened shortly afterwards. Air Senegal Flight 2009, which was descending during the accident, was diverted to Banjul, Gambia. According to a passenger, the aircraft had already tried to take off once but failed, and during the second takeoff attempt that caused the incident smoke came out of one of the engines.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Senegalese authorities were present at the crash site, but the investigation is still ongoing. According to the preliminary report, the cause of the accident was a runway excursion after a failed takeoff performed at a speed greater than V1.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Vuelo 301 de Air Senegal” (revision 175051285, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Spanish Wikipedia article: Vuelo 301 de Air Senegal
- Article
- Vuelo 301 de Air Senegal
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 175051285 · 2026-08-26 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q125910150
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record DCA24WA182
- Event ID
- 20240510194238
- Case number
- DCA24WA182
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- es Wikipedia article "Vuelo 301 de Air Senegal" (page 10883808, revision 175051285), translated into English with AI assistance; merged with NTSB case DCA24WA182 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record DCA24WA182
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia: not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (2)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "Air Senegal Flight 301" and NTSB case DCA24WA182, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.