18 Years ago today: On 4 May 2002 an EAS Airlines BAC One-Eleven crashed into houses on takeoff from Kano, Nigeria killing 71 occupants and 78 persons on the ground.
Date: | Saturday 4 May 2002 |
Time: | ca 13:35 |
Type: |
BAC One-Eleven 525FT |
Operator: | EAS Airlines |
Registration: | 5N-ESF |
C/n / msn: | 266 |
First flight: | 1980 |
Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Spey 512-14DW |
Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 64 / Occupants: 69 |
Total: | Fatalities: 71 / Occupants: 77 |
Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 78 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Kano ( Nigeria) |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Kano-Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN), Nigeria |
Destination airport: | Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM), Nigeria |
Flightnumber: | 4226 |
Narrative:
The BAC One-Eleven jet operated on a flight from
Jos to Lagos via Kano. Shortly after departing Kano, the aircraft reportedly
stalled. It came down in the heavily populated district of Gwammaja about half
a mile from the airport on the outskirts of Kano. It sheared roofs from
two-story concrete homes and sliced a mosque in half as it broke apart and
burst into flames. Some 23 houses in Gwammaja area were destroyed, along with a
school and the mosque.
Reportedly 5N-ESF had been on the ground for 52 days because of engine
problems. In May 2002 an engine was fitted, that belonged to another grounded
One-Eleven, 5N-ESD. Just ten hours after the new engine had been fitted, 5N-ESF
crashed at Kano.