Allied Air Flight 111

Allied Air Flight 111
5N-BJN, the Boeing 727 involved, December 2011
Accident
Date2 June 2012 (2012-06-02)
SummaryRunway overrun on landing due to pilot error
SiteKotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana
5°36′17″N 0°10′03″W / 5.6047°N 0.1674°W / 5.6047; -0.1674
Total fatalities12
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 727-221F Advanced
OperatorAllied Air
ICAO flight No.DHV111
Registration5N-BJN
Flight originMurtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria
DestinationKotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana
Occupants4
Crew4
Fatalities0
Injuries4
Survivors4
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities12

Allied Air Flight 111 was a cargo flight operated by Lagos-based cargo airliner Allied Air, flying from Lagos, Nigeria to Accra, Ghana. The flight was operated with a Boeing 727 cargo aircraft. On 2 June 2012, the aircraft crashed on landing at Kotoka International Airport, killing twelve people on the ground.

The aircraft overran the runway, broke through the airport perimeter fence, and struck a minibus and bicycle on a roadway. All four crew members on the plane survived, but all 10 aboard the minibus, a cyclist and a passenger of a taxi were killed. It was the second deadliest accident in Ghanaian aviation history.