- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 03, 2012
Time: 1645
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Operator: Dana Air
Flight #: 992
Route: Abuja - Lagos
AC Type: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Registration: 5N-RAM
cn / ln: 53019/1783
Aboard: 153   (passengers:146  crew:7)
Fatalities: 153   (passengers:146  crew:7)
Ground: 10
Summary: The plane was about 11 miles from Lagos VOR when the crew declared an emergency reporting engine problems. The plane collided with a power line and crashed into the Iju/Ishaga area of Lagos, 1 mile adjacent to the runway. Double engine failure. Likely the crew's failure to properly monitor fuel flow and turn on proper fuel pumps.
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