Passengers 0 Registration 5N-BJN Operator Allied Air Passenger count 0 | Survivors 4 (all on plane) Date 2 June 2012 Total fatalities 12 (all on ground) Crew count 4 | |
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Summary Overran runway on landing, broke through airport perimeter fence and collided with minibus Site Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana Aircraft type Boeing 727-221F Advanced Location Kotoka International Airport Similar 2012 Sudan Antonov, United Nations Flight 544, Petropavlovsk‑Kamchatsky Air Flight 251, 2012 Aéro‑Service Ilyushin Il, 2012 Indonesian Air Force | ||
The Allied Air Flight 111 crash occurred on Saturday, 2 June 2012 at approximately 19:15 local time at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana. A Boeing 727-200 cargo plane operated by Allied Air overran the runway on landing, broke through the airport perimeter fence and struck a minibus on a roadway. All four crew members on the plane survived, but all 10 people aboard the minibus were killed, along with a cyclist and a cab passenger. Multiple ground injuries were reported as well. There was rain and poor visibility at Accra when the plane crashed. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined. It was the deadliest accident in Ghanaian aviation history.
The Ghanaian government announced that an accident investigation commission would be formed.
Just over 20 years prior, the same aircraft had performed the final flight for Pan American World Airways from Bridgetown, Barbados to Miami, Florida, USA.