What the records say
- When
- 30 Aug 1984
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 4.01° N, 9.72° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 2
Cameroon Airlines Flight 786
1984 aviation accident
Cameroon Airlines Flight 786 was a Boeing 737-200, registration TJ-CBD, operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Douala International Airport, Cameroon, to Garoua via Yaoundé. On 30 August 1984, as the aircraft was taxiing out for takeoff with 109 passengers and a crew of 7 on board, its number two engine suffered an uncontained compressor failure, which started a fire.
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