Accident Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet A NAF457, Thursday 24 March 2016
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Date:Thursday 24 March 2016
Time:19:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic AJET model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet A
Owner/operator:Nigerian Air Force (NAF)
Registration: NAF457
MSN: N08/0008
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Yola AB -   Nigeria
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Yola Air Base
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Skidded off the runway after a tyre burst and fell into a ditch.

Sources:

http://dailypost.ng/2016/03/25/crashed-fighter-jet-combating-boko-haram-war-veered-off-runway-naf-explains/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Mar-2016 20:22 gerard57 Added
25-Mar-2016 07:19 gerard57 Updated [Date, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Mar-2016 11:43 gerard57 Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Damage, ]
25-Mar-2016 11:53 gerard57 Updated [Aircraft type, ]
04-Nov-2025 12:36 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]

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