Tag: Douala Airport Fire
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On This Day In 1984: Cameroon Airlines Flight 786 Never Took Off-Its Engine Exploded, the Aircraft Burned, 2 Passengers Died and 114 Survived the Fire.
On 30 August 1984, Cameroon Airlines Flight 786 was preparing for what should have been a routine domestic flight from Douala to Garoua, with a stop at Yaoundé. Instead, before the aircraft had even become airborne, a catastrophic engine failure turned the Boeing 737 into a burning wreck at Douala International Airport. The accident involved…
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