1995 Lagos Harka Air Services Tu-134 crash

1995 Lagos Harka Air Services Tu-134 crash
Accident
A Tu-134A similar to the aircraft involved in the accident.
Date	24 June 1995 (1995-06-24)
Summary	Runway overrun
Site	Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria 6°34′39″N 3°19′16″E / 6.577369°N 3.321156°E / 6.577369; 3.321156
Total fatalities	16
Total survivors	64
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator	Harka Air Services
Registration	RA-65617
Flight origin	Kaduna Airport, Kaduna, Nigeria
Destination	Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria
Occupants	80
Passengers	74
Crew	6
Fatalities	16
Survivors	64

The 1995 Lagos Harka Air Services Tu-134 crash occurred on 24 June 1995, when a Tupolev Tu-134A operated by Harka Air Services from Kaduna to Lagos overran the runway upon landing at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport crashed into a ditch and caught fire. The flight was carrying 74 passengers and 6 crew members, of which 16 died in the accident.

Aircraft

The Tupolev Tu-134A (serial number 08068, production number 23-09) was manufactured by Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company on May 17, 1974. It was delivered to the East German airline Interflug, where it received the registration number DM-SCT (later changed to DDR-SCT in 1981). From 1990 to 1991, it was registered as D-AOBH. It was later transferred to the Soviet airline Aeroflot and assigned to the Syktyvkar air detachment of Komi UGA with the registration number СССР-65617. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it was re-registered as RA-65617 under the newly formed Komiavia. On December 15, 1992, it was leased to the Nigerian airline Harka Air Services. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had accumulated 24,844 flight hours and 15,740 landings.

Accident

The aircraft was on a flight from Kaduna to Lagos, piloted by a Russian crew led by Captain V. V. Lerner, with Nigerian flight attendants. Upon approaching Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, the crew received weather information indicating moderate winds and light rain. However, weather conditions deteriorated rapidly, and a heavy downpour ensued just as the aircraft was landing. The runway was wet due to the rain. As a result of hydroplaning, the aircraft could not stop effectively, overran the runway, traveled onto the safety area, and crashed into a concrete drainage ditch, breaking apart and catching fire.

The evacuation process was hindered by poor communication between the Russian pilots and Nigerian cabin crew, likely due to a language barrier. Consequently, some passengers remained seated in the cabin and perished in the fire. Sixteen passengers died in the accident.

References

"Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
"Туполев Ту-134А Бортовой №: RA-65617". Russianplanes.net. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
"Катастрофа Ту-134А а/к Harka Air Service в а/п Лагос-Муртала". airdisaster.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
"Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A RA-65617 Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Airport (LOS)". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-16.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1995 (1995)
Jan 11 Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256Jan 19 Bristow Helicopters Flight 56CJan 30 TransAsia Airways Flight 510AFeb 10 Borodianka mid-air collisionFeb 16 Air Transport International Flight 782Mar 31 TAROM Flight 371May 16 Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 XW666May 24 Knight Air Flight 816Jun 9 Ansett New Zealand Flight 703Jun 21 All Nippon Airways Flight 857Jun 24 Lagos Harka Air Services Tu-134 crashAug 3 Airstan incidentAug 9 Aviateca Flight 901Aug 21 Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529Sep 2 Royal Air Force Nimrod MR2 XV239Sep 15 Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133Sep 19 Kish Air Flight 707Sep 21 MIAT Flight 557Sep 22 Alaska E-3 Sentry accidentNov 12 American Airlines Flight 1572Nov 13 Nigeria Airways Flight 357Dec 3 Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701Dec 5 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56Dec 7 Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949Dec 7 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crashDec 13 Banat Air Flight 166Dec 18 Trans Service Airlift L-188 crashDec 20 Tower Air Flight 41Dec 20 American Airlines Flight 965
1994 ◄ ► 1996

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1995 (1995)

Jan 11 Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256Jan 19 Bristow Helicopters Flight 56CJan 30 TransAsia Airways Flight 510AFeb 10 Borodianka mid-air collisionFeb 16 Air Transport International Flight 782Mar 31 TAROM Flight 371May 16 Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 XW666May 24 Knight Air Flight 816Jun 9 Ansett New Zealand Flight 703Jun 21 All Nippon Airways Flight 857Jun 24 Lagos Harka Air Services Tu-134 crashAug 3 Airstan incidentAug 9 Aviateca Flight 901Aug 21 Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529Sep 2 Royal Air Force Nimrod MR2 XV239Sep 15 Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133Sep 19 Kish Air Flight 707Sep 21 MIAT Flight 557Sep 22 Alaska E-3 Sentry accidentNov 12 American Airlines Flight 1572Nov 13 Nigeria Airways Flight 357Dec 3 Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701Dec 5 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56Dec 7 Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949Dec 7 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crashDec 13 Banat Air Flight 166Dec 18 Trans Service Airlift L-188 crashDec 20 Tower Air Flight 41Dec 20 American Airlines Flight 965

1994 ◄ ► 1996

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Nigeria
Before 1990	Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash (June 1956) Nigeria Airways Flight 825 (November 1969) Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash (January 1973)
1990s	Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash (September 1992) Nigeria Airways Flight 9805 (December 1994) Lagos Harka Air Services Tu-134 crash (June 1995) Nigeria Airways Flight 357 (November 1995) ADC Airlines Flight 086 (November 1996)
2000s	EAS Airlines Flight 4226 (May 2002) Bellview Airlines Flight 210 (October 2005) Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (December 2005) ADC Airlines Flight 053 (October 2006)
2010s	Dana Air Flight 0992 (June 2012) Associated Aviation Flight 361 (October 2013)

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