The aircraft involved in the crash pictured in 1991 under a previous registration
Accident
Date
24 July 1999 (1999-07-24)
Summary
Intoxication, pilot error
Site
Nasevou village, Delailasakau, Fiji
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
Operator
Air Fiji
Registration
DQ-AFN
Flight origin
Nausori International Airport, Suva, Fiji
Destination
Nadi International Airport, Nadi, Fiji
Occupants
17
Passengers
15
Crew
2
Fatalities
17
Survivors
0
Air Fiji Flight 121 (PC121/FAJ121) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Nausori International Airport in Fiji's capital Suva to Nadi International Airport in Nadi, operated by an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante. On 24 July 1999, the Bandeirante crashed into a mountain near Delailasakau, killing all 15 passengers and 2 crew on board, making it the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Fiji.[1]
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