Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
2005 aviation accident
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (SO1145/OSL1145) was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight from Nigeria's capital of Abuja (ABV) to Port Harcourt (PHC). At approximately 14:08 local time (13:08 UTC) on 10 December 2005, it crash-landed at Port Harcourt International Airport. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 with 110 people on board, slammed into the ground and burst into flames. Immediately after the crash, seven survivors were recovered and taken to hospitals, but only two people survived.
It was the second air disaster to occur in Nigeria in less than three months, after Bellview Airlines Flight 210, which crashed on 22 October 2005 for reasons unknown, killing all 117 people on board. It was the company's first and only fatal accident.
An investigation carried out by Nigeria's Accident Investigation Bureau attributed the crash to the pilots' decision to keep descending past the minimum decision altitude even though they did not have the runway in sight. Contributing factors include the crew's delayed decision to execute a go-around, improper procedure being followed when it was executed, adverse weather conditions caused by microburst-induced windshear and thunderstorms, and the absence of runway lighting.
Aircraft
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight was manufactured in 1972, with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A engines. It became registered in Nigeria on 12 June 2003.
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