Tupolev TU-134 crash, Jun 24, 1995 (15 killed), Lagos-Mur...
Tupolev TU-134 accident on June 24, 1995 near Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria with 15 fatalities. Cause: Long landing in a tailwind on a...
- Date: June 24, 1995
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-134
- Location: Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 15
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Long landing in a tailwind on a water-covered runway, failure to go around in poor weather, poor meteorological support, and inadequate rescue organisation, as summarised by the investigation.
A Tu-134 landing at Lagos in heavy rain and shifting winds touched down about 1,000 metres past the threshold on a wet runway. It could not stop, overran the runway, struck a drainage ditch and burned. Most occupants were rescued, but 15 passengers died, partly because the rear cabin was not occupied by cabin crew at landing.