BAc 111 crash, May 4, 2002 (149 killed), Kano
BAc 111 accident on May 4, 2002 near Kano, Kano, Nigeria with 149 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft failed to gain adequate climb performance after a...
- Date: May 4, 2002
- Aircraft: BAc 111
- Location: Kano, Kano, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 149
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The aircraft failed to gain adequate climb performance after a long takeoff roll at high temperature on a shortened runway. Investigators attributed the accident to pilot error.
A BAC One-Eleven operated by EAS Airlines on a flight from Jos to Lagos via Kano took off from runway 23 at Kano on a hot day with the longer runway closed. The aircraft could not climb properly, hit obstacles and crashed in a residential district about 2 km beyond the runway end. Many people on the ground were killed, and six of the 77 people aboard survived.