Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701

Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701
A Cameroon Airlines Boeing 737-200, similar to the aircraft involved
Accident
Date3 December 1995 (1995-12-03)
SummaryLoss of control on go around due to thrust asymmetry
Site
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-2K9(A)
Aircraft nameNyong
OperatorCameroon Airlines
IATA flight No.UY3701
ICAO flight No.UYC3701
RegistrationTJ-CBE
Flight originCadjehoun Airport, Cotonou, Benin
DestinationDouala International Airport, Douala, Cameroon
Occupants76
Passengers71
Crew5
Fatalities71
Injuries5
Survivors5

On 3 December 1995, Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701, a Boeing 737-200 operating a scheduled international passenger flight from Cadjehoun Airport, Benin, to Douala International Airport, Cameroon, crashed on its second approach to Douala after it lost control following a loss of power in its left engine. Of the 76 occupants, 68 passengers and 3 crew members were killed. Three passengers and two crew members survived injured.