| Date: | Sunday 25 September 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-336C |
| Owner/operator: | RN Cargo |
| Registration: | 5N-ARO |
| MSN: | 18924/448 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC) -
 Ghana
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM) |
| Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA) |
The aircraft landed at Accra after a flight from Lagos and caught fire while taxiing to the platform. Sabotage is suspected as an incendiary device with a slow burning fuse found in charred remains of the aircraft.
Sources:
Aviation Letter 204
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Manston-Kent International Airport (MSE); September 1983
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR); 08 August 1974
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