Douglas DC-9 crash, Apr 12, 1997, Abidjan
Douglas DC-9 accident on April 12, 1997 near Abidjan, Lagunes, Ivory Coast with no fatalities. Cause: A long, fast landing on a wet runway after a...
- Date: April 12, 1997
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Abidjan, Lagunes, Ivory Coast
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A long, fast landing on a wet runway after a second approach flown above the glide path, with poor weather and heavy rain.
A Ghana Airways DC-9 on flight GH560 from Accra landed in heavy rain at Abidjan after a second approach was flown above the glide path, touching down about 900 metres past the threshold. It skidded off the left side of the runway, lost its undercarriage on soft ground and stopped about 1,800 metres past the threshold. All 104 people on board were evacuated.