| Date: | Saturday 10 May 2014 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Fokker 100 |
| Owner/operator: | IRS Airlines |
| Registration: | 5N-SIK |
| MSN: | 11286 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ganla -
 Niger
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Bratislava-Ivanka Airport (BTS/LZIB) |
| Kano-Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An IRS Airlines Fokker F100, operating on a post C-check ferry flight from Bratislava sustained substantial damage during a forced landing in the Ganla area in Niger.
The two pilots onboard survived.
Preliminary information reported by Nigerian media say the crew lost radio contact with Kano after encountering a sand storm. A forced landing was carried out after the plane ran out of fuel. The airplane's right hand main landing gear and nose gear collapsed during the landing.
Sources:
Daily Post Nigeria
Leadership Newspaper
Images:
photo (c) Christian Bick; Karlsruhe/Baden Baden-Söllingen Airport (FKB); 01 May 2009
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