The forward baggage hold filled itself and doomed the takeoff time
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The forward baggage hold filled itself and doomed the takeoff time
In this episode, we lay out the sequence of decisions, paperwork and human errors that preceded the crash of UTA Flight 141 without resolving the final outcome. The narrative follows the aircraft’s recent transfers, the cockpit crew’s roles, and the loading of the forward baggage hold to ask how those pieces aligned on that December day.
Aircraft: Boeing 727, first flown 1977, 40,452 cycles
Flight: UTA Flight 141, Conakry-Cotonou-Beirut route
Date: Christmas Day, 2003
Declared weight error: 78 tonnes declared; 7.5 tonnes underreported
Crew: Captain Najib al-Barouni (49), First Officer Ahmad al-Harizi (49), Flight Engineer Miftah (45)
- The aircraft had changed registrations across three continents within a year and carried a fragmented operational record.
- The owner, Imad Saba, leased the jet to carriers, creating a chain of custody investigators called hard to trace.
- The director general of UTA Guinea sat in the cockpit jump seat and earlier argued with the flying first officer about excess baggage.
- A ground handler at Cotonou with no formal training loaded the forward baggage hold until it was full and did not account for its effect on weight distribution.
- Departure paperwork listed a takeoff weight that investigators later found to be about 7.5 tonnes lower than the aircraft actually carried.
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