Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
The aircraft involved in the accident in 1997, while still in operation with JAT Airways | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 December 2005 |
| Summary | Missed approach due to pilot error aggravated by microburst-induced windshear |
| Site | Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 05°00′52″N 006°57′01″E / 5.01444°N 6.95028°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Aircraft name | Rose of Enugu |
| Operator | Sosoliso Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | SO1145 |
| ICAO flight No. | OSL1145 |
| Call sign | SOSOLISO 1145 |
| Registration | 5N-BFD |
| Flight origin | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria |
| Destination | Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| Occupants | 110 |
| Passengers | 103 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 108 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (SO1145/OSL1145) was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight from Nigeria's capital of Abuja (ABV) to Port Harcourt (PHC). At about 14:08 local time (13:08 UTC) on 10 December 2005, Flight 1145 from Abuja crash-landed at Port Harcourt International Airport. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 with 110 people on board, slammed into the ground and burst into flames. Immediately after the crash, seven survivors were recovered and taken to hospitals, but only two people survived.
It was the second air disaster to occur in Nigeria in less than three months, after Bellview Airlines Flight 210, which crashed on 22 October 2005 for reasons unknown, killing all 117 people on board. It was the company's first and only fatal accident.
Investigation into the crash by Nigeria's Accident Investigation Bureau concluded that the crash was attributed to the pilot's decision to keep descending on the airport even though the aircraft had passed the minimum decision altitude. The pilots decided to go-around while they were in wind shear condition. This decision was also too late as they still had not configured the aircraft for a go-around and their altitude was already too low.