Air Mauritanie Flight 625
 The aircraft involved in the accident, seen in Rotterdam Airport in April 1991. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 July 1994 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain aggravated by sandstorm |
| Site | Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F28 Fellowship |
| Operator | Air Mauritanie |
| Registration | 5T-CLF |
| Flight origin | Nouakchott International Airport, Mauritania |
| Destination | Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania |
| Passengers | 89 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 80 |
| Survivors | 13 |
Air Mauritanie Flight 625 was a Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 which crashed on landing at Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania on 1 July 1994 in sandstorm conditions. The F28 had made several approaches to the airport before making a heavy landing, which caused the front undercarriage to collapse and the aircraft to slide off the runway, crash into a rocky outcrop and burst into flames. All four crew and 76 of the 89 passengers were killed in the crash. It remains the worst crash involving a Fokker 28 and the worst one in Mauritania.[1][2]
References
- ↑ "Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 5T-CLF Tidjikja Airport (TIY)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "Air Mauretanie crashes in sandstorm". Flight International: 10. 13–19 July 1994. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016.
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