EAS Airlines flight 4226
| EAS Airlines flight 4226 | |
|---|---|
 The unlucky aircraft in operation at TAROM |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Loss of control after overshooting the runway |
| place |
Ungwar Maja , Gwammaja , Kano , Nigeria
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| date | May 4, 2002 |
| Fatalities | 71 |
| Survivors | 7th |
| Injured | 6th |
| Fatalities on the ground | 78 |
| Injured on the ground | 5 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 BAC 1-11 525FT
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| operator |
EAS Airlines
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| Mark |
5N-ESF
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| Departure airport |
Kano Airport , Nigeria
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| Destination airport |
Lagos Airport , Nigeria
|
| Passengers | 69 |
| crew | 8th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The EAS Airlines Flight 4226 was a domestic flight to the Nigerian airline EAS Airlines from Kano to Lagos . On May 4, 2002, a BAC 1-11 525FT with the aircraft registration number 5N-ESF was involved in an accident on this flight , in which 149 people were killed after a crash in a residential area.
It is the most serious aircraft accident with a BAC 1-11.
plane
The aircraft was a British-made BAC 1-11-525FT . The machine had its maiden flight in 1980 and thus in the last production year of the BAC 1-11 (excluding the nine copies of the license version ROMBAC 1-11, which were finally assembled in Romania from 1982 to 1989) and was then delivered to the Romanian TAROM . The airline operated the machine itself and leased it twice to Inex Adria Airways in 1985 and 1986 and to Ryanair from March 1987 to November 1989 . EAS Airlines took over the machine in July 2001. The twin- engine, medium - range , narrow-body aircraft with the factory number 266 was equipped with two Rolls-Royce Spey 506 engines.
The machine was out of service for eleven days in 2001 due to an engine repair. Because of problems with one of the two engines, the machine was also stored in the 52 days before the accident. Ten hours before the accident, a used replacement engine was installed, which had been removed from another parked BAC 1-11 with the aircraft registration number 5N-ESD .
Passengers and crew
69 passengers boarded the plane for the flight from Kano to Lagos. There was a crew of eight on board. The flight captain Inneh Peter had over 14,000 hours of flight experience. First officer was CE Adegboye. In addition, the two flight engineers Emmanuel Idoko and Muhammad Sarki, the purser Peros Doris and the flight attendants Iwenofu Nenne, Naomi Ukpong and Nwokeji Ifeyinwa were on board.
the accident
The plane took off from Kano at 1:32 p.m. local time. Immediately after takeoff, it began to break out to the left and right. Captain Peter informed air traffic control that the machine had an engine problem. Three minutes after take-off, at 1:35 p.m., the machine headed for the ground in the District of Ungwar Maja, Gwammaja, Kano. People who saw the machine coming towards them tried to escape. The plane collided on the ground with several buildings, including a school and two mosques, which were full due to prayer time. The machine went up in flames after the impact. Most of the buildings collapsed completely as a result of the accident. A total of 23 buildings were destroyed.
Rescue and rescue operation
According to witness statements, the survivors on the ground ran to the crash site screaming to look for their relatives trapped under the rubble. Eyewitnesses claim to have heard cries for help from the burning accident machine. The fire brigade rushed to the scene of the accident. Since there were no water connections there, the firefighters were unable to put out the fire.
A total of seven people were rescued alive, including a Lebanese passenger and an army general who died shortly afterwards from his injuries. A piece of bone is said to have stuck out of the forehead of a rescued victim.
Victim
64 passengers were killed on board the machine, and the entire crew except for the stewardess Naomi Ukpong was killed. In addition, 78 people died on the ground. Among the victims was the Nigerian Sports Minister Ishaya Mark Aku , who was on a business trip. Three representatives of the Catholic Church were also killed on board the machine.
root cause
When investigating the incident, Nigerian authorities concluded that the accident was caused by a pilot's error. The engines would have failed after they had sucked in large amounts of dust. This happened because the captain rolled over the runway and continued the take-off run on a lawn behind the runway instead of breaking it off. After the engine failure, the machine crashed into the Gwammaja district of Kano.
consequences
After the accident, the Nigerian authorities issued a ban on all BAC 1-11 aircraft and all aircraft over 22 years old in the country. The incident remained the last in the world to occur with a BAC 1-11.
swell
- Aircraft accident report in the Aviation Safety Network
- Operational history of the machine on planelogger.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ THE KANO CRASH - MAY 4, 2002 , accessed July 16, 2019.
- ^ "EAS plane crash: Report indicts pilots, airline management" on BiafraNigeriaWorld by Suleiman Muhammed
- ↑ “Nigeria: EAS Kano Crash Report Indicts Pilot” on AllAfrica by Charles Ozoemena
- ↑ Incidents of BAC 1-11 , Aviation Safety Network , accessed on July 16, 2019.
Coordinates: 12 ° 1 ′ 30 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ E