9G-MKD

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • December 17, 1996AccidentHull loss

    While descending to Port Harcourt Airport, the pilot-in-command established a visual contact with the runway lights at an altitude of 2,500 feet. The approach was continued when few seconds later, while the crew was thinking his altitude was 390 feet, the aircraft collided with trees. The captain decided to initiate a go-around procedure but all four engines failed to respond properly. The aircraft continued to descend and struck the ground 250 metres short of runway threshold. Upon impact, the

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