Date: | Friday 1 July 1994 |
Time: | 08:30 |
Type: | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 |
Owner/operator: | Air Mauritanie |
Registration: | 5T-CLF |
MSN: | 11092 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 93 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tidjikja Airport (TIY) -
Mauritania
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Nouakchott Airport (NKC/GQNN) |
Destination airport: | Tidjikja Airport (TIY/GQND) |
Narrative:Blowing sand at the destination Tidjikja forced the crew to abandon earlier attempts to land. The aircraft touched down heavily, causing the undercarriage to fail. The F-28 slid off the side of the runway until bursting into flames when it struck a rock outcrop.
Sources:
Airnieuws 297 (p. 28)
Flight International 13-19 July 1994(10)
Scramble 183
Location
Images:
photo (c) ould; Tidjikja Airport (TIY); 01 July 1994
photo (c) ould; Tidjikja Airport (TIY); 01 July 1994
photo (c) ould; Tidjikja Airport (TIY); 01 July 1994
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; ?; March 1991
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