Agadir - Casablanca

On August 21, 1994 at 06:50 PM, Agadir - Casablanca experienced a crash involving ATR42-300, operated by Royal Air Maroc - RAM, with the event recorded near Ameskroud Souss-Massa-Drâa.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

44 people were known to be on board, 44 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 40, passenger fatalities: 40, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Ten minutes after takeoff from Agadir-Al Massira Airport, while climbing to the altitude of 16,000 feet, the aircraft nosed down and entered a rapid descent until it collided with mountainous terrain near Ameskroud, in the Atlas Mountain Range, about 24 km northeast of Agadir Airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 44 occupants were killed. Part of the left wing was found about 5 km from the main wreckage.

Aircraft reference details include registration CN-CDT, MSN 127, year of manufacture 1989.