Air Mauritanie Flight 625

Air Mauritanie Flight 625
Accident summary
The aircraft involved in the accident, seen in Rotterdam Airport in April 1991.
Date	1 July 1994
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain aggravated by sandstorm
Site	Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania
Passengers	89
Crew	4
Fatalities	80
Survivors	13
Aircraft type	Fokker F28 Fellowship
Operator	Air Mauritanie
Registration	5T-CLF
Flight origin	Nouakchott Airport, Mauritania
Destination	Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania

Air Mauritanie Flight 625 was a Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 which crashed on landing at Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania on 1 July 1994 in sandstorm conditions. The F28 had made several approaches to the airport before making a heavy landing caused the front undercarriage to collapse and the aircraft to slide off the runway, crash into a rocky outcrop and burst into flames. All four crew and 76 of the 89 passengers were killed in the crash. It remains the worst crash involving a Fokker 28 and the worst one in Mauritania.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 5T-CLF Tidjikja Airport (TIY)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
↑ - 1636.html "Air Mauretanie crashes in sandstorm" Check |url= value (help). Flight International: 10. 13–19 July 1994.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1994 (1994)
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Jun 2 RAF Chinook crash
Jun 6 China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303
Jun 24 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash
Jun 30 Airbus Industrie Flight 129
Jul 1 Air Mauritanie Flight 625
Jul 2 USAir Flight 1016
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Aug 21 Royal Air Maroc Flight 630
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