| Date: | Tuesday 10 April 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12BK |
| Owner/operator: | Air West, Co |
| Registration: | 3C-AWU |
| MSN: | 8345804 ? |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6 km from Nouadhibou Airport (NDB) -
 Mauritania
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Nouadhibou Airport (NDB/GQPP) |
| Nouakchott Airport (NKC/GQNN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Soon after it taking off, one of the engines caught fire and the crew carried out a forced landing on a beach, 6 km from the runway. The aircraft caught fire and burned out.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Soviet Transports
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