 The aircraft involved in the accident, seen in Rotterdam Airport in April 1991. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 July 1994 |
| Summary | Runway incursion, aggravated by sandstorm |
| Site | Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F28 Fellowship |
| Operator | Air Mauritanie |
| Registration | 5T-CLF |
| Flight origin | Nouakchott International Airport, Mauritania |
| Destination | Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania |
| Occupants | 93 |
| Passengers | 89 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 80 |
| Survivors | 13 |
Air Mauritanie Flight 625 was a Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 which crashed on landing at Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania on 1 July 1994 in sandstorm conditions. All four crew and 76 of the 89 passengers were killed in the crash. It remains the deadliest crash involving a Fokker 28 and the deadliest one in Mauritania.[1][2]
- ^ "Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 5T-CLF Tidjikja Airport (TIY)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Air Mauretanie crashes in sandstorm". Flight International: 10. 13–19 July 1994. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016.