Boeing 737 incident near Marrakesh Airport, Ma, June 12, 2009
On June 12, 2009 at about 5:02 am local time, a Boeing 737, registered CNRMX, was involved in an incident near Marrakesh Airport. It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 12, 2009 · about 5:02 am local time
- Place
- Marrakesh Airport, Morocco
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737 400 · all 737s on the register
- Registration
- CNRMX · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On June 12, 2009, at 0502 UTC, a Boeing 737-400, Morrocan registration CN-RMX, operated by Atlas Blue, fractured a right main landing gear upon landing on runway 28 at Marrakesh Airport. The number 3 main wheel separated. The airplane was on a scheduled international flight from Bordeaux, France. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Morocco. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Director Generale de I'Aviation Civile Avenue Maa El Ayninine Agdal, RP Rabat, BP 1073 Tel : +212537679411 Fax: +212537773074 Email: mlfakir@dac-maroc.gov.ma
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
- Operator: Atlas Blue Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: LFBD Bordeaux,France
- Destination: GMMX Marrakech
- Flight plan: not recorded
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under CNRMX the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.