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Hydro Air Cargo Boeing 747-258C plane crash

Lagos, Nigeria
Hydro Air Cargo Boeing 747-258C plane crash - Lagos, Nigeria

Key facts

Airline
Hydro Air Cargo
Aircraft
Boeing 747-258C
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Date
22nd November, 2003
People on board
4
Fatality
0

Accident account

The aircraft, on a cargo flight to Lagos' Murtalah Mohammed Airport, collided with construction equipment after being cleared to land on a closed runway. A NOTAM was to inform about the runway unavailability

As the aircraft was rolling out, the main landing gear impacted several construction vehicles parked on the runway and one wing was torn off. The 3 flight crewmembers escaped with minor injuries.

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