Narrative:
The aircraft landed at Accra after a flight from Lagos and caught fire while taxiing to the platform. Sabotage is suspected as an incendiary device with a slow burning fuse found in charred remains of the aircraft.
accident date: 25-09-1983
type: Boeing 707-336C
registration: 5N-ARO
accident date: 25-09-1983
type: Boeing 707-336C
registration: G-ASZF
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 25 September 1983 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-336C |
| Operator: | RN Cargo |
| Registration: | 5N-ARO |
| MSN: | 18924/448 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC) ( Ghana)
|
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM), Nigeria |
| Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA), Ghana |
The aircraft landed at Accra after a flight from Lagos and caught fire while taxiing to the platform. Sabotage is suspected as an incendiary device with a slow burning fuse found in charred remains of the aircraft.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 204Photos
accident date: 25-09-1983
type: Boeing 707-336C
registration: 5N-ARO
accident date: 25-09-1983
type: Boeing 707-336C
registration: G-ASZF
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport to Accra-Kotoka Airport as the crow flies is 398 km (249 miles).
Distance from Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport to Accra-Kotoka Airport as the crow flies is 398 km (249 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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