ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 515FB 5N-IMO Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport (TMR)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Sunday 18 September 1994
Time:08:07
Type:Silhouette image of generic BA11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
BAC One-Eleven 515FB
Operator:Oriental Airlines
Registration: 5N-IMO
MSN: 229
First flight: 1970
Engines: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey 512-14DW
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 32
Total:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 39
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport (TMR) (   Algeria)
Crash site elevation: 1377 m (4518 feet) amsl
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA), Tunisia
Destination airport:Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport (TMR/DAAT), Algeria
Narrative:
A BAC One-Eleven passenger plane was destroyed during a landing accident at Tamanrasset, Algeria. Two passengers and three crew members were killed. The remaining 28 passengers and four crew members survived with varying degrees of injuries.
The airplane was chartered to fly the Nigerian football team Iwuanwanyu from Tunis (TUN), Tunisia back to Lagos, Nigeria after a match for the Africa Cup.
A refuelling stop was planned at Tamanrasset (TMR), Algeria. Visibility at Tamanrasset was poor due to dust haze in the early morning daylight.
Three landing attempts were made. The fourth approach was not in alignment with either of the two runways. The airplane began to break up during the landing roll, collided with a light pole and a building.

Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/95 (#73)
» Scramble 185


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photo of BAC-One-Eleven-515FB-5N-IMO
accident date: 18-09-1994
type: BAC One-Eleven 515FB
registration: 5N-IMO
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tunis-Carthage Airport to Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport as the crow flies is 1616 km (1010 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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