Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 AUG 1991 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 |
| Operator: | Air Bissau |
| Registration: | J5-GBB |
| C/n / msn: | 10119 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Dori Airport (DOR) (Burkina Faso)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN), Nigeria |
| Bamako Airport (BKO/GABS), Mali |
Crashed and broke up after striking trees.
Sources:
» Airnieuws 263
» Scramble Vol.13, nr.05
Photos
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 Kano International Airport to Bamako Airport as the crow flies is 1781 km (1113 miles).
Distance from Kano International Airport to Bamako Airport as the crow flies is 1781 km (1113 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.
