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Old 28th Jan 2004, 00:35
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Lear Jet Crash

The details of the Lear Jet (5N-ASQ) crash as published on Airclaims CASE database are as follows;-

!While en-route from Lagos to Ibadan and in normal cruising flight at FL110, a 'loud rumbling noise' began to come from the right engine and it lost power. The thrust lever for the right engine was retarded and then moved forwards again slowly but the noise then returned together with vibration. The crew shut down the right engine and elected to return to Lagos. The flight back to Lagos was apparently normal until the aircraft was descending through about 1,000ft on final approach to Runway 19L when the left engine reportedly began to surge between idle and maximum power. With no power from the right engine and the left engine surging, the crew found maintaining control of the aircraft very difficult and were unable to keep it lined up on the runway. The aircraft touched down hard, on a heading of 220deg., on a taxiway beside the runway. The aircraft then ran forward, across the compass swing area, down a slope, across a road and eventually came to rest in a rough maize field. The aircraft caught fire and was destroyed. !

If this is correct, looks like they had enough troubles themselves!
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