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Um avião de passageiros nigeriano caiu hoje na parte sul da cidade de Port Harcourt, segundo oficiais de aviação. O acidente aéreo ocorreu quando o avião se preparava para aterrissar. Somente quatro das 110 pessoas a bordo sobreviveram.
O vôo, das linhas aéreas Sosoliso, estava indo para Abuja "fez uma aterrisagem forçada e incendiou-se, matando todos com excessão de quatro," disse a rádio Rythm FM. Segundo a emissora de televisão Silverbird, haviam 110 pessoas a bordo e 56 corpos foram recuperados.

"Sim, houve um desastre... estamos tentando estabelecer contato com Port Harcourt," disse Sam Adurogboye, porta-voz do Depertamento Nigeriano de Aviação Civil. "Chovia intensamente no momento do acidente", comentou.

Fonte: Terra

Status: Preliminary
Date: 10 DEC 2005
Time: 14:08
Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Operator: Sosoliso Airlines
Registration: 5N-BFD
Msn / C/n: 47562/685
Year built: 1972
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A
Crew: ? fatalities / 7 on board
Passengers: ? fatalities / 103 on board
Total: 103 fatalities / 110 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Port Harcourt Airport (PHC) (Nigeria)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Abuja International Airport (ABV)
Destination airport: Port Harcourt Airport (PHC)
Flightnumber: 1145 ?
Narrative:
The DC-9 is said to have crashed and broken up while attempting to land at Port Harcourt rumway 03/21. Early reports indicated that seven people survived the crash. According to Sosoliso's timetable, the only flight from ABV to PHC on Saturday is flight 1145, with a scheduled arrival time of 10:00.
The weather report at 14:00 (13:00Z) read: DNPO 101300Z 22009KT 9999 BKN013 FEW023CB 29/23 Q1007= [wind 220 degrees at 9kts, visibility >10000m 5-7 oktas cloud at 1300ft 0-2 oktas cloud at 2300ft with thunder clouds, temperature 29C dewpoint 23C QNH 1007hPa]

Fonte: http://aviation-safety.net

Four occupants who initially survived the accident died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 107:
Crew: 7 fatalities / 7 on board
Passengers: 100 fatalities / 103 on board
Total: 107 fatalities / 110 on board

Contrary to what press reports initially indicated, the airplane did not strike terrain 1200 m short of the runway. It appears that the DC-9 crashed on the runway, broke up and caught fire. The airplane also hit a culvert. Reports do not yet indicate whether it hit the culvert upon landing (just short or besides the runway) or during the accident sequence.
The airport is NOTAMed closed until 13 December, 16:15 (estimated).

Fonte:http://aviation-safety.net/