- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 22, 2005 |
Time: | 2040 |
Location: | Lisa, Nigeria |
Operator: | Bellview Airlines |
Flight #: | 3210 |
Route: | Lagos - Abuja |
AC Type: | Boeing B-737-2L9 |
Registration: | 5N-BFN |
cn / ln: | 22734/818 |
Aboard: | 117 (passengers:111 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 117 (passengers:111 crew:6) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The tower lost sight and contact with the plane about five minutes after taking off from Murtala Muhammad International airport. The plane crashed about 30 miles north of Lagos. A storm was passing through the airport at about the time the aircraft took off. A combination of poor maintenance of the plane by the ground crew together with a lightning strike to the right wing of the plane caused the right engine to ignite, causing the aircraft to bank heavily to the left and eventually lose control. |
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