Accident | |
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Date | 2 June 2012 |
Summary | Runway overrun on landing due to pilot error |
Site | Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana 5°36′17″N 0°10′03″W / 5.6047°N 0.1674°W |
Total fatalities | 10 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-221F Advanced |
Operator | Allied Air |
ICAO flight No. | DHV111 |
Registration | 5N-BJN |
Flight origin | Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria |
Destination | Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana |
Occupants | 4 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 4 |
Survivors | 4 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 10 |
Allied Air Flight 111 was a cargo flight operated by Lagos-based cargo airliner Allied Air, flying from Lagos, Nigeria to Accra, Ghana. The flight was operated with a Boeing 727 cargo aircraft. On 2 June 2012, the aircraft crashed on landing at Kotoka International Airport, killing ten people on the ground.[1][2]
The aircraft overran the runway, broke through the airport perimeter fence, and struck a minibus on a roadway. All four crew members on the plane survived, but all 10 aboard the minibus were killed.[3] It was the second deadliest accident in Ghanaian aviation history.[4]