Accident | |
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Date | 1 July 1994 |
Summary | Runway excursion, aggravated by sandstorm |
Site | Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Fokker F28 Fellowship |
Operator | Air Mauritanie |
Registration | 5T-CLF |
Flight origin | Nouakchott International Airport, Mauritania |
Destination | Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania |
Occupants | 93 |
Passengers | 89 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 80 |
Survivors | 13 |
Air Mauritanie Flight 625 was a Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 which crashed on landing at Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania on 1 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.[1][2]