Antonio-Agostinho-Neto International Airport is an airport serving
Pointe-Noire, a coastal city in the
Republic of the Congo. The runway is surrounded by the densely populated city, and is inland from the
Atlantic
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shore.
History
The airport was inaugurated in 1934; a new passenger terminal opened in 2006.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Accidents and incidents
*On 4 June 1969, a
Douglas DC-3 of the Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos was
hijacked on a domestic flight from
N'Zeto airport to
Soyo Airport, Angola. The aircraft landed at Pointe Noire.
*On 11 March 1994,
Aéro-Service Swearingen Merlin TN-ADP was written off in a landing accident when the crew neglected to lower the undercarriage.
*On 10 May 2007,
Tenir Air Ilyushin Il-76TD EX-093 was destroyed in a fire whilst being loaded for a cargo fire.
*On 15 September 2007,
Veteran Airline Antonov An-12B UR-CEN was damaged beyond economic repair in a fire which occurred when the engines were being started.
*On 25 January 2008,
Canadian Airways Congo Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
After the heavy 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airpo ...
–247 9L-LEF was damaged beyond economic repair when it was struck on the ground by
Aéro-Service Antonov An-12BP EK-11660 which suffered a brake failure while taxiing. The An-12 was also damaged beyond economic repair,
but there were no injuries reported.
*On 10 November 2008,
Veteran Airline Antonov An-12 UR-PLV suffered an in-flight fire. A safe landing was made at Pointe-Noire but the aircraft was subsequently destroyed by fire.
*On 21 March 2011,
Trans Air Congo Antonov An-12 TN-AGK
crashed on approach to Pointe Noire airport. All four crew were killed, as well as a number of people on the ground.
*On 11 April 2020, an unoccupied
Air France
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Airbus A330
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Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner in the mid-1970s. Then the company began development on the A330 twinjet in parallel with the A340 ...
F-GZCK was damaged by two gunshots while on the ground at Pointe Noire airport. The aircraft had been assisting in repatriation efforts during the
2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
See also
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List of airports in the Republic of the Congo
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Transport in the Republic of the Congo
Transport in the Republic of Congo includes land, air and water modes. Over of paved roads are in use. The two international airports are Maya-Maya Airport and Pointe Noire Airport.
The country also has a large port on the Atlantic Ocean at ...
References
External links
Official web site
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Buildings and structures in Pointe-Noire
Airports in the Republic of the Congo