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This plane crash takes us to the West African nation of Mauritania, which is located next to the following countries: Algeria, Mali, Senegal and Western Sahara.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the accident plane, photographed in April 1991.
Air Mauritanie Flight 625 was a Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 which crashed on landing at Tidjikja Airport (IATA: TIY, ICAO: GQND), Mauritania on the 1st of July 1994 in sandstorm conditions. All four crew and 76 of the 89 passengers were killed in the crash. It remains the deadliest crash involving a Fokker 28 and the deadliest one in Mauritania.
The aircraft was flying from Nouakchott to Tidjikja. On board were 89 Mauritanian-French nationals returning to see their family and 4 crew members. The landing was performed in a sandstorm. The F28 had made several approaches to the airport before making a heavy landing, which caused the front undercarriage to collapse and the aircraft to slide off the runway, crash into a rocky outcrop and burst into flames. Only 13 passengers survived, all seriously injured, while all four crew members and the remaining 76 passengers died. The crash was the second involving a Fokker aircraft in West Africa in less than a week following the crash of Air Ivoire Flight 777 on the 26th of June. It also remains the deadliest aviation accident in Mauritania.
In the initial aftermath, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMP) said that the exact number of casualties was not directly known.
Fokker announced that its team of experts would be kept available for an investigation should the Mauritanian authorities request one.
According to zahraainfo.com, Mauritanian radio stations refused to cover or broadcast news about the crash with authorities refusing to declare a period of mourning, in addition to no follow up being provided by the Mauritanian Ministry of Transport. The airport reportedly lacked "the most basic" air safety requirements.
The summary of the crash was a Runway excursion, aggravated by a sandstorm.
