Pilot Performs Belly Landing After UN Dash 8 Loses Main Gear In South Sudan

A Renegade Air de Havilland Dash 8-300 operating for the United Nations suffered a loss of one of its main landing gear wheels, along with a portion of its struts, while the aircraft was taking off. Despite this, the flight made it to its destination, where the aircraft performed a belly landing, and all 35 passengers, along with the three crew members onboard the aircraft, were safely evacuated.