Kip Powick Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 B737 operated by ADC, (Nigerian Airline) crashes in Nigeria. Conflicting reports about survivors. Apparently 104 on board and "rumours that 6 survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest rattler Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Nigerian plane crash kills 99 By Estelle Shirbon Reuters Sunday, October 29, 2006; 6:52 PM ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital Abuja on Sunday, killing 99 people including the leader of the nation's 70 million Muslims. Officials said 106 people were on board the Boeing 737 flight to the northern city of Sokoto when it plowed into a corn field about 2 km (1 mile) from the runway. Seven people survived the crash. It brought the number killed in Nigerian air accidents to at least 335 in the last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canus Chinookus Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 29 OCT 2006 Boeing 737-200 5N-BFK ADC Airlines, at Abuja, Nigeria ca. 98(104) This e-mail is brought to you by the Aviation Safety Network (ASN). ASN is an exclusive service of the Flight Safety Foundation. Please note this information is preliminary; new information will be added on the Aviation Safety Network at http://aviation-safety.net/ The 2006 year list of accidents always contains the most recent information on each accident. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2006-20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status: Preliminary Date: 29 OCT 2006 Type: Boeing 737-2B7 Operator: ADC Airlines Registration: 5N-BFK C/n / Msn: 22891/988 First flight: 27 SEP 1983 Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A (HK3/NOR) Total:Fatalities: 98 / Occupants: 104 Airplane damage: Written off Location: near Abuja International Airport (ABV) ( Nigeria ) Phase: Initial climb Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Abuja International Airport (ABV/DNAA), Nigeria Destination airport: Sokoto Airport (SKO/DNSO), Nigeria Flightnumber: 53 ADC Airlines Flight 53 departed Lagos (LOS) on a scheduled domestic flight to Sokoto (SKO) with an intermediate stop at Abuja (ABV). Immediately after takeoff from Abuja, the Boeing 737 contacted the ground, broke up and caught fire in a corn field. There are conflicting reports about the number of survivors (none or up to six survivors). Abuja has a single asphalt runway (04/22) measuring 3609 x 60 meters. The Abuja weather reported at the day of the accident included: DNAA 290800Z 00000KT CAVOK 27/24 Q1012 NOSIG= DNAA 291000Z 27006KT 9999 BKN012 30/24 Q1011 NOSIG= DNAA 291300Z 00000KT 9999 FEW010 FEW020CB BKN100 25/22 Q1009 NOSIG= DNAA 291400Z 00000KT 9999 FEW010 FEW020CB BKN100 26/23 Q1008 TEMPO 06022G35KT 5000 TS= Sources: Reuters, This Day -------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROFILE BOEING 737-200 * Last fatal 737-200 hull-loss accident : 22 OCT 2005 Bellview Airlines 5N-BFN, near Lisa- 117 fatalities * Total number of Boeing 737 hull-losses: 128 (117 accidents, 4 hijackings, 7 other occurrences (sabotage, ground fire etc.)), of which 66 losses were fatal * Total number of Boeing 737-200 hull-losses: 101 (90 accidents, 4 hijackings, 7 other occurrences (sabotage, ground fire etc.)), of which 53 losses were fatal * 20th worst 737 accident * 14th worst 737-200 accident * Survival rate for all fatal B737-200 accidents: on average 33,4% of all occupants survived fatal accidents * history of this airplane: - N323AU USAir (OCT 1983, delivered) - N279AU USAir (NOV 1988, new registration) - N279AU US Airways (1996, company renamed) - N279AU MetroJet (1998, low cost subsidiary of US Airways) - 5N-BFK ADC Airlines (SEP 2003) -------------------------------------------- AIRPORT PROFILE ABUJA * ICAO/IATA designators: DNAA/ ABV * Latitude: 09° 00' 24.45" N / 007° 15' 47.42" E * Elevation: 1123 ft/ 342 m * Runway: 04/22 (3609 x 60 meters, asphalt, ILS) * Current Stord NOTAMS: https://www.notams.jcs.mil/distribution/que...ort&locidl=DNAA -------------------------------------------- OPERATOR PROFILE ADC AIRLINES Nigerian airline based at Lagos, operating a fleet of 4 Boeing 737-200 * started operations: 1991 * web site: http://www.adcairlines.com * Fifth airliner hull-loss accident -------------------------------------------- COUNTRY PROFILE NIGERIA * Last fatal civil hull-loss accident: 10 DEC 2005 Sosoliso Airlines DC-9, at Port Harcourt- 108 fatalities * 7th worst hull loss accident in Nigeria * The country is not yet rated in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA) To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo@mylist.nl with the phrase "unsubscribe asn-digest youremailaddress" (no quotes) in the body of the message. (Re)subscribe to the ASN Accident digest mailinglist: http://aviation-safety.net/digest/subscribeform.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump seat Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Crash pilot ignored storm advice, official says The pilot of a Nigerian airliner that crashed Sunday did not heed air traffic controllers' advice to wait for stormy weather to clear before taking off, the minister of aviation said Monday. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/1...geria.crash.ap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Hudson Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 From the linked article: While Aviation Minister Babalola Borishade did not directly blame pilot error in the third mass-casualty jet crash to hit this West African nation in less than a year, he said officials would move to try to curb pilots' power to ignore advice from the control tower. Africa, and especially Nigeria, is struggling with major flight safety issues which are systemic, political and economic. The statement that "officials would move to curb pilots' power to ignore advice from the control tower" is a symptom not a solution to Nigeria's aviation safety problem. Late Sunday, investigators found one of two black boxes from the Boeing 737 owned by a private Nigerian airline, Aviation Development Co. Borishade said all of ADC's planes were grounded indefinitely and its flying license was suspended. Already, about 95% of passenger traffic in Africa is flown by foreign carriers. Given the economic argument alone, it is practically impossible for an African carrier to compete against heavily-financed foreign carriers. Grounding the carrier instead of dealing with the issues is a step backwards and again a political solution to a safety problem. Improvement from within can never happen with this kind of leadership. "The discretionary power of the air crew to override advice from the tower has been largely responsible for unfortunate consequences in the history of air mishaps in this country," Borishade said. "The federal government has directed the National Civil Aviation Authority to look into this and prepare appropriate guidelines to stop this reckless abuse of crew discretionary power ... to ensure safety." Dr Harold Demuren, Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority made an excellent and encouraging presentation at the Flight Safety Foundation's International Aviation Safety Seminar in Paris only last week. His was an enlightened approach, embracing the ICAO IOSA process and SMS. Dr Demuren pin-pointed the problems, which are political, economic, structural and massive, which stand in the way of reducing Nigeria's and Africa's dismal accident rate. This latest especially-sad tragedy cannot help but the Minister of Transport's "solution" to blame the pilots will ensure that Nigeria's accident record will continue unchecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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