Preliminary
Date:
03 JUN 2012
Time:
ca 16:45
Type:
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Operator:
Dana Air
Registration:
5N-RAM
C/n / msn:
53019/1783 First flight:
1990
Engines:
2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219
Crew:
Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:
Fatalities: 147 / Occupants: 147
Total:
Fatalities: 153 / Occupants: 153
Airplane damage:
Destroyed Airplane fate:
Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:
ca 4 km from Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) (Nigeria)
Phase:
Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:
Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:
Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) (LOS/DNMM), Nigeria
Destination airport:
Abuja International Airport (ABV) (ABV/DNAA), Nigeria
Flightnumber:
997
Narrative: A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 passenger plane was destroyed when it crashed into a residential are of Lagos, Nigeria. Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority head Harold Demuren was quoted saying that he did not believe that any of the 153 people on board had survived.
Dana Air Fligh 9J-997 took off from Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) on a domestic flight to Abuja (ABV).
Shortly after takeoff the plane clipped a power line and crashed into a two-story building in the Iju/Ishaga area of Lagos. The Iju Ishaga Road runs north of the airport on the runway 36R extended centreline. The Ishaga neighbourhood however lies south of the airport, about the extended centreline of runway 18R.L
Local aviation sources indicate the the plane involved was 5N-MAR, presumably meaning 5N-RAM since 5N-MAR is not in the Dana Air fleet list.
Weather reported about 45 minutes prior to the accident:
DNMM 031500Z 19007KT 140V230 9999 SCT014 30/23 Q1013 NOSIG
Wind 190 degrees at 7 knots; winds varying between 140 and 230 degrees; Visibility 10+ km; Scatter clouds at 1400 feet; Temperature 30°C, Dew point 23°C; pressure 1013 mb.
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Source: Aviation Safety Network
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