Date:	Friday 1 July 1994
Time:	08:30
Type:	Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000
Owner/operator:	Air Mauritanie
Registration:	5T-CLF
MSN:	11092
Year of manufacture:	1975
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 93
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tidjikja Airport (TIY) -   Mauritania
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Nouakchott Airport (NKC/GQNN)
Destination airport:	Tidjikja Airport (TIY/GQND)

Narrative:
Blowing sand at the destination Tidjikja forced the crew to abandon earlier attempts to land. The aircraft touched down heavily, causing the undercarriage to fail. The F-28 slid off the side of the runway until bursting into flames when it struck a rock outcrop.

Airnieuws 297 (p. 28)
Flight International 13-19 July 1994(10)
Scramble 183

photo (c) ould; Tidjikja Airport (TIY); 01 July 1994

photo (c) ould; Tidjikja Airport (TIY); 01 July 1994

photo (c) ould; Tidjikja Airport (TIY); 01 July 1994

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; ?; March 1991

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