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11-24-2009, 03:42 PM
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Here is an article about the accident from BamaNet, a source for the JACDEC write up. (As translated by Google Translate. Bold print by me.)
We can speak of a miracle. An American plane crashed into our country without causing casualties. The crash occurred near Tarakigné, a village some thirty kilometers Kolokani and more than 100 kilometers from Bamako.
The aircraft carrying U.S. citizens crashed in the forest, about a thousand yards from the village. Our news crew arrived at the scene of the accident on Thursday around midnight, on the heels of officers dispatched Emergency Preparedness site.
But the rescue team from the Embassy of the United States in Bamako was already there. A few vehicles and an ambulance belonging to the embassy were stationed a few hundred yards from the site of the crash. Officers Emergency Preparedness arrived with all their equipment (trucks, ambulances and medical personnel) are immediately available to victims of the accident.
Some excitement was palpable in the rescue team that is supposed to be the U.S. Africa Command (Military Command Center in the United States for Africa). She was willing to answer any of our questions.
The soldiers of our army were deployed alongside the Americans had no information or were bound to silence. Not a word then about the circumstances of the accident, the provenance of the plane, yet the time the crash occurred or the profile of occupants of the aircraft.
"They told us to come and witness the accident. That's what we're doing. That's all, "said laconically operations manager on site, the commander Ali Bagayoko, the Air Force. "They said that passengers are made up of civilians and soldiers and they were in Mali to train military," said another soldier a little more talkative.
At the scene of the accident, we could see the damaged aircraft. The right wing completely encased reflects the violence of the shock. Curiously, no trace of fuel was visible. The fact that kerosene has not spread has probably prevented the aircraft caught fire. Thus, the occupants were rescued, despite the remoteness and difficult access area, which delayed the arrival of aid.
According to testimonies of villagers from Tarakigné, the accident occurred Thursday about 15 hours. "We saw a plane flying low over our heads, shows an inhabitant. Then we saw nothing. Only a few hours after we have witnessed the arrival of vehicles with Toubabs aboard. "They were guided by the pastor of the church Kolokani, which they had sought help," says another.
Towards one o'clock in the morning, the U.S. rescue team backed by the Emergency Preparedness Bamako and Kati had finished boarding the last casualty of the sample plane. The convoy then set sail for Bamako. The injured were admitted to the Pasteur Clinic, located at ACI 2000.
C. A. DIA
PRESS
THE DETAILS OF U. S. AFRICA COMMAND
The day after the incident, a press release from the U.S. Africa Command (Military Command Center in the United States for Africa) based in Stuttgart, Germany confirmed that a U.S. plane made a "hard landing" in Mali, but no death was recorded. The statement said the aircraft made a hard landing Thursday at about 100 km from Bamako. The text states that the aircraft was carrying six passengers and three crew members. Minor injuries were reported.
"The Malian army was immediately dispatched units of the Air Force to help locate the aircraft in difficulty coordinating movements and ground rescue teams and ambulances with medical personnel," the statement said.
Written by:
Aminata Mariko
We can speak of a miracle. An American plane crashed into our country without causing casualties. The crash occurred near Tarakigné, a village some thirty kilometers Kolokani and more than 100 kilometers from Bamako.
The aircraft carrying U.S. citizens crashed in the forest, about a thousand yards from the village. Our news crew arrived at the scene of the accident on Thursday around midnight, on the heels of officers dispatched Emergency Preparedness site.
But the rescue team from the Embassy of the United States in Bamako was already there. A few vehicles and an ambulance belonging to the embassy were stationed a few hundred yards from the site of the crash. Officers Emergency Preparedness arrived with all their equipment (trucks, ambulances and medical personnel) are immediately available to victims of the accident.
Some excitement was palpable in the rescue team that is supposed to be the U.S. Africa Command (Military Command Center in the United States for Africa). She was willing to answer any of our questions.
The soldiers of our army were deployed alongside the Americans had no information or were bound to silence. Not a word then about the circumstances of the accident, the provenance of the plane, yet the time the crash occurred or the profile of occupants of the aircraft.
"They told us to come and witness the accident. That's what we're doing. That's all, "said laconically operations manager on site, the commander Ali Bagayoko, the Air Force. "They said that passengers are made up of civilians and soldiers and they were in Mali to train military," said another soldier a little more talkative.
At the scene of the accident, we could see the damaged aircraft. The right wing completely encased reflects the violence of the shock. Curiously, no trace of fuel was visible. The fact that kerosene has not spread has probably prevented the aircraft caught fire. Thus, the occupants were rescued, despite the remoteness and difficult access area, which delayed the arrival of aid.
According to testimonies of villagers from Tarakigné, the accident occurred Thursday about 15 hours. "We saw a plane flying low over our heads, shows an inhabitant. Then we saw nothing. Only a few hours after we have witnessed the arrival of vehicles with Toubabs aboard. "They were guided by the pastor of the church Kolokani, which they had sought help," says another.
Towards one o'clock in the morning, the U.S. rescue team backed by the Emergency Preparedness Bamako and Kati had finished boarding the last casualty of the sample plane. The convoy then set sail for Bamako. The injured were admitted to the Pasteur Clinic, located at ACI 2000.
C. A. DIA
PRESS
THE DETAILS OF U. S. AFRICA COMMAND
The day after the incident, a press release from the U.S. Africa Command (Military Command Center in the United States for Africa) based in Stuttgart, Germany confirmed that a U.S. plane made a "hard landing" in Mali, but no death was recorded. The statement said the aircraft made a hard landing Thursday at about 100 km from Bamako. The text states that the aircraft was carrying six passengers and three crew members. Minor injuries were reported.
"The Malian army was immediately dispatched units of the Air Force to help locate the aircraft in difficulty coordinating movements and ground rescue teams and ambulances with medical personnel," the statement said.
Written by:
Aminata Mariko
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