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Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 plane crash

Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 plane crash - Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Key facts

Airline
Sosoliso Airlines
Aircraft
DC-9
Location
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Date
10th December, 2005
People on board
110
Fatalities
107

Accident account

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 was on a passenger flight from Abuja to Port Harcourt with 103 passengers and 7 crew members onboard. It crashed during landing at Port Harcourt. The plane is believed to have overshot the runway when landing in an electrical storm. Witnesses said an explosion and massive fireball followed the crash, engulfing the plane in flames. Three people survived.

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