Air Mauritanie Flight 625
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The aircraft involved in the accident, seen in Rotterdam Airport in April 1991.
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| Date | 1 July 1994 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain aggravated by sandstorm |
| Site | Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania |
| Passengers | 89 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 80 |
| Survivors | 13 |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F28 Fellowship |
| Operator | Air Mauritanie |
| Registration | 5T-CLF |
| Flight origin | Nouakchott Airport, Mauritania |
| Destination | Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania |
Air Mauritanie Flight 625 was a Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 which crashed on landing at Tidjikja Airport, Mauritania on 1 July 1994 in sandstorm conditions. The F28 had made several approaches to the airport before making a heavy landing caused the front undercarriage to collapse and the aircraft to slide off the runway, crash into a rocky outcrop and burst into flames. All four crew and 76 of the 89 passengers were killed in the crash. It remains the worst crash involving a Fokker 28 and the worst one in Mauritania.[1][2]
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