Kaduna - Lagos

On June 24, 1995 at 04:05 PM, Kaduna - Lagos experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-134, operated by Harka Air Services, with the event recorded near Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Lagos.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

80 people were known to be on board, 15 fatalities were recorded, 65 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 18.8%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 74, passenger fatalities: 15, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Kaduna, the crew started the approach to Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Airport in poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls and strong winds. On short final, the wind changed to a tail component and became stronger. This caused the aircraft to land too far down the runway, about 1,000 metres past the runway threshold. On a wet runway surface, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran, struck the concrete structure of a drainage ditch and came to rest 147 metres further, bursting into flames. 65 people were rescued while 15 passengers were killed. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-65617, MSN 08068, year of manufacture 1974.