- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 11, 1991 |
Time: | 0840 |
Location: | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Operator: | Nationair (chartered by Nigeria Airways) |
Flight #: | 2120 |
Route: | Jeddah - Sokoto |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Super 61 |
Registration: | C-GMXQ |
cn / ln: | 45982/345 |
Aboard: | 261 (passengers:247 crew:14) |
Fatalities: | 261 (passengers:247 crew:14) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | After taking off, fire was reported in the landing gear well. The aircraft crashed while trying to return to the airport. Loss of hydraulics and electrical systems after a fire, started in the wheel when two tires disintegrated due to under inflation of one tire. This caused a fire which ignited years of accumulated flammables in the DC-8's wheel well leading to an uncontroable fire. The plane was allowed to leave with an under inflated tire. Twenty minutes prior to departure, the Nationair lead mechanic made a request for nitrogen to inflate the low tire. Nitrogen was not readily available and a delay would probably have occur procuring it. The Nationair project manager, without conferring with the flight crew, released the plane. |
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