Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Aug 13, 2008 (3 killed), K50...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on August 13, 2008 near K50 (Lambar 50), Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia with 3 fatalities. Cause: No official cause has been...
- Date: August 13, 2008
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: K50 (Lambar 50), Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: No official cause has been published. Accounts point to poor weather and fog on the approach, and the antenna strike followed a go-around and a second approach.
A Fokker F27 freighter operated by Fly540 was flying a night khat cargo charter from Nairobi to the K50 airstrip near Mogadishu. After a go-around in fog, the crew made a second approach, came in too low and struck a communications antenna near the airport. All three crew were killed.