Date: | Tuesday 23 January 2001 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Type: | Let L-410UVP |
Owner/operator: | Eagle Aviation ? |
Registration: | 9L-LCG |
MSN: | 851531 |
Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 12 km from Maiduguri -
Nigeria
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Jos Airport (JOS/DNJO) |
Destination airport: | Maiduguri Airport (MIU/DNMA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Let 410 departed Jos at 19:34 for a flight to Maiduguri. The crew had been told by air traffic control that visibility at Maiduguri was nine kilometers. During the flight they were informed that it had reduced to five kilometers. When they reached Maiduguri, however, visibility was around just 150 m, due to a dust storm. The aircraft crash-landed near the airport while on approach to runway 05. Nigerian Aviation Safety Initiative (NASI) officials said that irregular power supply and control of air field lighting may have been contributory factors to the crash.
The operator is also been quoted as "Air Eagle".
Sources:
AFP
Graham Tanner
This Day
Vaclav Kudela
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Riga International Airport (RIX/EVRA); May 1995
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