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On [[December 11]], four of the survivors died, leaving three remaining survivors <ref>"[http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/default.aspx?a=6378&z=12 Casualty figure in Nigerian plane crash increases to 107... Pastor Bimbo Odukoya among the dead]," ''Online Nigeria Daily News''</ref> |
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As of December 13, 2005, ''[[CNN]]'' stated that one survivor remained <ref>"[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/13/nigeria.crash/index.html Nigeria grounds two airlines]," ''[[CNN]]''</ref>. |
As of December 13, 2005, ''[[CNN]]'' stated that one survivor remained <ref>"[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/13/nigeria.crash/index.html Nigeria grounds two airlines]," ''[[CNN]]''</ref>. |
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| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 10 2005 |
| Summary | Possible weather-related crash |
| Site | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Operator | Sosoliso Airlines |
| Registration | YU-AJH |
| Passengers | 105 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 109 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 2 |
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 was a scheduled flight between the Nigerian cities of Abuja (ABV) and Port Harcourt (PHC).
At about 14:08 local time (13:08 UTC) on December 10, 2005, Flight 1145 from Abuja crash-landed on the runway at Port Harcourt International Airport. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 with 110 people onboard, burst into flames. So far, a Nigerian civil aviation spokesman has reported 107 fatalities. Immediately after the crash, seven survivors were recovered and taken to hospitals, but it has since been reported that four of those survivors have died in hospital care, leaving only three survivors, two of whom were flown to South Africa.
The cause of the crash is unconfirmed but it is believed that the aircraft overshot the runway during a thunderstorm, and is reported to have been struck by lightning about 40 or 50 metres before touchdown.
An eyewitness at the airport said, "The place where I'm standing now is scattered with corpses." According to him, two people survived.
Among the passengers were about sixty one secondary school students from a school in the FCT region of Nigeria called Loyola Jesuit College [1].
According to the airline's website, Sosoliso Airlines operated one MD-81 and three DC-9 airplanes, though it acquired an MD-82 during the last week of November. The crashed DC-9 was acquired from JAT Airways.
This is the first accident for the airline.
Survivor count
As of December 10, 2005, Yahoo! stated that seven people survived [1].
On December 11, four of the survivors died, leaving three remaining survivors [2]
As of December 13, 2005, CNN stated that one survivor remained [3].
References
- "Jet crashes in flames in Nigeria". Associated Press. December 10, 2005.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Nigeria jet crash leaves 103 dead". BBC News. December 10, 2005.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Toll rises in Nigerian air crash". Agence France-Presse. December 10, 2005.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Nigerian plane crash kills 103: official". Reuters. December 10, 2005.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "As Death Stalks a Nation's Air Space... 103 Die in P/Harcourt Crash". This Day. December 10, 2005.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Plane 'struck by lightning'". News24. December 10, 2005.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "At least 103 dead in jet crash". News Corporation. December 11, 2005.
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External links
- Sosoliso Airlines website
- Picture of the aircraft while still flying for Serbian Airline JAT - Registration YU-AJH
- Boeing official website
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- ^ a b "Nigeria plane crash kills 103," Yahoo!
- ^ "Casualty figure in Nigerian plane crash increases to 107... Pastor Bimbo Odukoya among the dead," Online Nigeria Daily News
- ^ "Nigeria grounds two airlines," CNN