ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325897
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 December 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-321C |
| Owner/operator: | Sudania Air Cargo |
| Registration: | ST-SAC |
| MSN: | 19377/666 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km SW of Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS) |
| Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO/HKJK) |
The Boeing 707 freighter struck an electricity pole 3 miles short of runway 06 and crashed in flames. Visibility was 500 m in fog with a 100 feet cloud base.
Apparently the crew had carried out a non-procedural go-around when they manoeuvred for another approach.
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Images:
photo (c) Joachim Bongers, via Werner Fischdick; Shannon Airport (SNN); October 1990
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