- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 31, 1997
Time: ?
Location: Yola, Nigeria
Operator: Skypower Express Airways
Flight #: ?
Route: Jos - Yola
AC Type: Embraer 110P1A Bandeirante
Registration: 5N-AXS
cn / ln: 110458
Aboard: 16   (passengers:13  crew:3)
Fatalities: 5   (passengers:2  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: After being in a holding pattern for over an hour the plane hit trees and a power line and crashed 700m short of the runway. Failure to maintain the aircraft above the Minimum Descent Altitude while the aircraft was not positioned in the final landing phase.
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