Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 3 October 1968
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-7C
Owner/operator: North American Aircraft Trading
Registration Number: 5T-TAR
Location: Uli Airstrip –
ÿ Nigeria
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: DC-7 aircraftDC-7 aircraft
Category: Other
On [Date – Not Provided], a DC-7 aircraft, part of the Biafran Airlift, was damaged after being struck by a DC-4 aircraft while departing Uli Airstrip following landing. The aircraft was subsequently destroyed during an air raid by Nigerian Air Force MiG fighters. This event occurred during an international humanitarian relief effort focused on transporting food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war.On [Date – Not Provided], a DC-7 aircraft, part of the Biafran Airlift, was damaged after being struck by a DC-4 aircraft while departing Uli Airstrip following landing. The aircraft was subsequently destroyed during an air raid by Nigerian Air Force MiG fighters. This event occurred during an international humanitarian relief effort focused on transporting food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war.
Description
The flight crew had just left their DC-7 after landing at Uli Airstrip when the airplane was damaged after being hit by a DC-4. The airplane remained parked at Uli. Later it was destroyed in an air raid by Nigerian Air Force MiG fighters. The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian relief effort that transported food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war from Nigeria.
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