Date: | Tuesday 27 November 2001 |
Time: | 01:56 |
Type: | Boeing 747-246F |
Owner/operator: | MK Airlines |
Registration: | 9G-MKI |
MSN: | 22063/432 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Total airframe hrs: | 80500 hours |
Cycles: | 17600 flights |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Port Harcourt -
Nigeria
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Luxembourg-Findel Airport (LUX/ELLX) |
Destination airport: | Port Harcourt Airport (PHC/DNPO) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Following a cargo flight from Luxembourg, the MK Airlines Boeing 747 descended towards Port Harcourt. Company policy stipulated that approaches to Port Harcourt were to be flown by the captain. In this case first officer was pilot flying during the approach. He was following a non-standard autopilot approach, tracking a localizer radial inbound and descending using vertical speed mode. MK Airlines company policy was to not use the autopilot below 2000 feet agl. There were other indications of non-adherence to procedures, including the failure to make appropriate calls between the pilot flying and pilot not flying. A
lack of situational awareness due to poor cockpit coordination was apparent, and there was a problem interpreting the visual references on the approach.
The Boeing 747 freighter crashed about 700 m short of the runway. The front section broke away from the fuselage. A fire erupted in the main fuselage.
Sources:
AFX News
Reuters
Tommy Maurer
TSB of Canada Aviation Investigation Report A04H0004
Location
Images:
photo (c) Marlo Plate; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 17 March 2000
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); October 1999
photo (c) Bob Adams; Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS); April 2000; (CC:by-sa)
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