Boeing 707 crash, Dec 4, 1990 (10 killed), Nairobi-Jomo K...
Boeing 707 accident on December 4, 1990 near Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (ex Embakasi), Nairobi City District, Kenya with 10 fatalities. Cause: The crew...
- Date: December 4, 1990
- Aircraft: Boeing 707
- Location: Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (ex Embakasi), Nairobi City District, Kenya
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew descended below minimum descent altitude to find visual contact in fog, did not follow the published go-around procedure, and the aircraft had no ground proximity warning system.
A Sudania Air Cargo Boeing 707-321C (ST-SAC) on a Khartoum to Nairobi cargo flight crashed in fog while approaching Jomo Kenyatta (Embakasi) Airport on 4 December 1990. After a go-around the jet descended below the glide path on a second approach, struck power cables and crashed about 4 km short of runway 06. All ten people aboard were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.