Léon-Mba International Airport is an airport situated in Libreville,

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...

. It is the main international airport in the country and was constructed in the 1950s.

Airlines and destinations

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Accidents and incidents

*Just after takeoff from the airport on June 8th, 2004, Gabon Express Flight 221 dove into the

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after suffering a hydraulic failure after departure, leading to the deaths of 19 out of the 30 onboard. * On 6 June 2011,

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TR-LII of

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, operating Flight 122A for DHL Aviation ditched in the sea near Libreville International Airport. Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured. The crew reported hydraulic problems and eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft's propellers were not turning at the time of the ditching.

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