Fokker F28 Fellowship crash, Jul 1, 1994 (80 killed), Tid...
Fokker F28 Fellowship accident on July 1, 1994 near Tidjikdja, Tagant, Mauritania with 80 fatalities. Cause: The crew continued the descent below...
- Date: July 1, 1994
- Aircraft: Fokker F28 Fellowship
- Location: Tidjikdja, Tagant, Mauritania
- Fatalities: 80
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued the descent below minima without visual contact with the runway during a sandstorm and did not divert.
An Air Mauritanie Fokker F28 on a scheduled flight from Nouakchott flew an approach to Tidjikdja in a sandstorm. The crew could not see the runway, made a go-around and then tried a second approach in the same conditions. The aircraft struck the runway at about 25 metres, broke up and burst into flames on the rocks beside the runway.