- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 31, 1997 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Yola, Nigeria |
Operator: | Skypower Express Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Jos - Yola |
AC Type: | Embraer 110P1A Bandeirante |
Registration: | 5N-AXS |
cn / ln: | 110458 |
Aboard: | 16 (passengers:13 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 5 (passengers:2 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | After being in a holding pattern for over an hour the plane hit trees and a power line and crashed 700m short of the runway. Failure to maintain the aircraft above the Minimum Descent Altitude while the aircraft was not positioned in the final landing phase. |
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