26
Mar
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation – CF-NAJ
The Super Constellation cargo plane hit a ridge while on approach to Uli Airstrip. The Canadian crew of four was killed. The aircraft w...
26
Mar
Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) – F-OCNU
Destroyed on ground. The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian relief effort that transpor...
26
Mar
Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4) – TR-LNV
The aircraft crashed when the crew attempted to take off the wrong direction. The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was ...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-7B – SE-ERP
Shot down by a Nigerian Air Force MiG-17 fighter aircraft during a supply flight from Fernando Po (now called Bioko, an island part of ...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-6 – TF-AAE
Damaged beyond repair in Nigerian rocket attack. The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian...
26
Mar
26
Mar
Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter – N52679
The Boeing C-97G transport plane was damaged beyond repair in a belly landing at Uli Airstrip, Nigeria. All crew members survived, but ...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-6A/C – HB-IBT
Crashed short of the runway during a direct approach on the darkened airstrip. The wreck and more than ten tons of foodstuffs and relie...
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter – 5N-ABM
The DHC-3 Otter floatplane crashed shortly after take-off. Ex Minister Sanna Buker was killed in the accident.
26
Mar
Douglas C-47 (DC-3) – 704B
Crashed while trying to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off. The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an i...