The aircraft involved in the accident in 1997, while still in operation with JAT Airways
Accident
Date
10 December 2005 (2005-12-10)
Summary
Missed approach due to pilot error aggravated by microburst-induced windshear
Site
Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 05°00′52″N006°57′01″E / 5.01444°N 6.95028°E / 5.01444; 6.95028
Aircraft
Aircraft type
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32[1]
Aircraft name
Rose of Enugu
Operator
Sosoliso Airlines
Registration
5N-BFD
Flight origin
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria
Destination
Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Occupants
110
Passengers
103
Crew
7
Fatalities
108
Injuries
2 (initially 7)
Survivors
2 (initially 7)
A similar aircraft, a DC 9-30, from Sosoliso Airlines at Enugu Airport
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Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145(SO1145/OSL1145) was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight from Nigeria's capital of Abuja (ABV) to Port Harcourt (PHC). At about 14:08 local time (13:08 UTC) on 10 December 2005, Flight 1145 from Abuja crash-landed at Port Harcourt International Airport. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 with 110 people on board, slammed into the ground and burst into flames. Immediately after the crash, seven survivors were recovered and taken to hospitals, but only two people survived.[2]
It was the second air disaster to occur in Nigeria in less than three months, after Bellview Airlines Flight 210, which crashed on 22 October 2005 for reasons unknown, killing all 117 people on board.[3][4][5] It was the company's first and only fatal accident.
Investigation into the crash by Nigeria's Accident Investigation Bureau concluded that the crash was attributed to the pilot's decision to keep descending on the airport even though the aircraft had passed the minimum decision altitude. The pilots decided to go-around while they were in wind shear condition. This decision was also too late as they still had not configured the aircraft for a go-around and their altitude was already too low.
^Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
^Michaels, Daniel (1 October 2007). "How Blunders and Neglect Stoked an African Air Tragedy". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2009. Alt URL Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Available from ProQuest, document ID: 399047247
^Polgreen, Lydia (11 December 2005). "Nigeria Plane Crash Kills 103; Most Were Children". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
^"Over 100 Dead in Nigeria Jet Crash". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
^"I Was Barred From Public Statements After 2005 Sosoliso Air Crash". Akahi News. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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