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MK Airlines Boeing 747-246F plane crash

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Key facts

Airline
MK Airlines
Aircraft
Boeing 747-246F
Location
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Date
27th November, 2001
People on board
13
Fatality
1

Accident account

The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Luxembourg to Port Harcourt. It crashed approximately 700 meters short of runway while attempting to land at Port Harcourt's Omagwa Airport. A crewmember was fatally injured in the crash.

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