Date: 22 OCT 2005
Time: ca 20:45
Type: Boeing 737-200
Operator: Bellview Airlines
Registration: ?
Crew: ? fatalities / 6 on board
Passengers: ? fatalities / 108 on board
Total: ? fatalities / 114 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: off Lagos (Nigeria)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Airport (LOS)
Destination airport: Abuja International Airport (ABV)
Flightnumber: 210
Narrative:
Radio contact was lost with Bellview Flight 210 some three minutes after takeoff. The pilot is said to have radioed an emergency shortly after takeoff. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The latest TAF weather forecast for the period of the crash read:
DNMM 221550Z 221818 28007KT 9999 FEW010
TEMPO 0507 5000 BR
BECMG 0810 21008G20KT BKN013
TEMPO FEW020CB