On Saturday , June 24, 1995, the Tu-134A of Harka Air Services crashed in Lagos , killing 16 people.
| Catastrophe in Lagos | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| date | June 24, 1995 |
| Time | 16:05 |
| Character | Roll out of runway |
| A place |  airport them. Murtals of Mohammed ( Lagos , Nigeria ) |
| Aircraft | |
 Tu-134A RA-65617 ( July 14, 1994 ) | |
| Model | Tu-134A |
| Airline | Harka air services |
| Departure point | Kaduna |
| Destination | Airport them. Murtals of Mohammed ( Lagos ) |
| Board number |  RA-65617 |
| Date of issue | May 17, 1974 |
| Passengers | 74 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Dead | sixteen |
| Survivors | 64 |
Aircraft
Tu-134A (serial number - 08068, serial - 23-09) was released by the KHAPP factory on May 17, 1974 and entered the German Interflug ( GDR ), where it received the registration number DM-SCT, in 1981 - DDR-SCT. From 1990 to 1991 he wore a registration number D-AOBH. Later he entered the Soviet Aeroflot and was sent to the Syktyvkar squadron of the Komi UGA, received the registration number of the USSR-65617. After the collapse of the country with registration number RA-65617, it passed to the newly formed KomiAvia , which on December 15, 1992 leased it to the Nigerian Harka Air Services (Harka Air) . At the time of the crash, the airliner had 24,844 flight hours and 15,740 landings [1] .
Holocaust
The plane flew from Kaduna to Lagos , piloted by its Russian crew, led by commander V.V. Lerner, and the flight attendants were Nigerians . At the Lagos airport to them. Murtala Mohammed Tu-134 was downpouring with a strong side wind and low cloud cover, the runway was flooded with water. As a result, due to ineffective braking, the airliner was unable to stop on the strip, drove out of it to the end safety strip, drove 250 meters (according to other sources - 500 meters), crashed into a concrete drain pipe and collapsed. A fire broke out at the crash site. Since pilots and cabin crew interacted poorly (probably due to a language barrier), some of the passengers remained in the cabin and died in a fire. The accident killed 16 passengers [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Tupolev Tu-134A Board number: RA-65617 . Russianplanes.net. Date of treatment April 16, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.
- ↑ The crash of the Tu-134A a / c Harka Air Service in the airport Lagos-Murtala . airdisaster.ru. Date of treatment April 16, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.
- ↑ Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A RA-65617 Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Airport (LOS ) . Aviation Safety Network . Date of treatment April 16, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.