Former Hungarian MALÉV aircraft crashes, cannot fly anymore

A Boeing 737-300 of Serve Air Cargo, which once flew in the fleet of MALÉV (Hungarian Air Transport Company, Magyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat) under the registration mark HA-LEG, has crashed and cannot fly anymore.

Former MALÉV plane crashes

According to AIRportal, the aircraft with the registration mark 9S-AKK skidded off the runway on the night of 5 May while landing at Kinshasa International Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It will probably never fly again, as the nearly 33-year-old aircraft has suffered such severe damage that it is likely not worth repairing, according to footage posted on social media and a post by the German aviation safety organisation JACDEC.

UPDATE: Daylight footage suggests the extent of damage to 9S-AKK is likely beyond economical repair. @rvadrc pic.twitter.com/GtBI3zJaIy

— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) May 6, 2024

The aircraft involved in the accident made its first take-off in 1991 and flew in MALÉV’s fleet under the registration mark HA-LEG until 2004, a reader of AIRportal wrote.

Serve Air Cargo Boeing 737-300F (9S-AKK, built 1991) sustained substantial damage in an apparent runway excursion at Kinshasa-N’Djili Intl Airport(FZAA), DR Congo ending up on soft ground. @fl360aero pic.twitter.com/1UyseZo2dA

— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) May 5, 2024

The Boeing 737-300 aircraft under the Hungarian Air Transport Company:

Boeing 737-300 under MALÉV. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Oliver Pritzkow

The Hungarian MALÉV went bankrupt in 2012.

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