BAc 111 crash, Sep 18, 1994 (5 killed), Tamanrasset
BAc 111 accident on September 18, 1994 near Tamanrasset, Tamanrasset, Algeria with 5 fatalities. Cause: Not determined in the sources reviewed; the...
- Date: September 18, 1994
- Aircraft: BAc 111
- Location: Tamanrasset, Tamanrasset, Algeria
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined in the sources reviewed; the crew's repeated approach attempts in haze are the documented context, and sources differ on whether fuel exhaustion was involved.
An Oriental Airlines BAC One-Eleven chartered to carry a Nigerian football squad home from Tunis to Lagos was landing at Tamanrasset in early-morning haze. After several missed approaches and a long holding period, the crew attempted a fourth landing. The aircraft hit approach lights, a pylon and a truck before stopping by the runway, killing five people and injuring 34 others.