9G-MKJ — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

October 14, 2004AccidentHull loss
MKA1602 landed on Runway 24 at Halifax International Airport at 0512 and taxied to the ramp. After shutdown, loading of the aircraft was started. During the loading, two MK Airlines Limited crew members were observed sleeping in the upper deck passenger seats.
Boeing 747-200 · 7 fatalities
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. The Bradley take-off weight was likely used to generate the Halifax take-off performance data, which resulted in incorrect V speeds and thrust setting being transcribed to the take-off data card. 2. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (October 14, 2004).

October 14, 2004Accidentdestroyed
Boeing 747-200 · Halifax · 7 fatalities · A04H0004
A04H0004: A Boeing 747-244BC, registration 9G-MKJ, was departing Halifax International airport on a scheduled cargo flight to Zaragoza, Spain. The aircraft overran the end of Runway 24, and struck an embankment. There was a severe post-crash fire. All seven on board suffered fatal injuries.

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).