RA-65617 — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

June 24, 1995AccidentHull loss
Following an uneventful flight from Kaduna, the crew started the approach to Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Airport in poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls and strong winds. On short final, the wind changed to a tail component and became stronger. This caused the aircraft to land too far down the runway, about 1,000 metres past the runway threshold.
Ту-134А · 15 fatalities
It was determined that the accident was the consequence of the following factors: - Poor quality in the organization of the meteorological support at Lagos airport, as a result of which the crew did not receive reliable information about the actual direction and force of the wind during the approach and landing procedure, which caused the aircraft to land… Full accident record