26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) – 9G-AAD
Destroyed in air raid by Nigerian Air Force Aero L-29 Delf¡n jets while impounded by Biafran forces.
26
Mar
Fokker F-27 Friendship –
Five hijackers. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
26
Mar
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 1 – 5N-ABQ
During a training flight one of the engines was shut down at 600 feet agl in order to practice asymmetric flight. The prop didn't feath...
26
Mar
Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) – D-ABEB
The C-54 plane was chartered to fly from Hamburg to Leopoldville with intermediate stops at Luxembourg (where the 2 passengers boarded ...
26
Mar
Canadair C-4 Argonaut – G-ALHE
Argonaut G-ALHE operated on the flight Lagos-Kano-Tripoli-London. The aircraft arrived at Kano at 16:40. At 17:21 GMT the aircraft took...
26
Mar
Bristol 170 Freighter 21E – VR-NAD
The Bristol 170 was flying at about 4000 feet altitude on its way to Calabar when it suddenly entered a steep, uncontrollable dive. The...
26
Mar
Bristol 170 Freighter 21E – VR-NAX
The aircraft was on a charter flight from Kaduna to Ibadan in Nigeria. Due to bad weather at Ibadan, the aircraft was diverted back to ...
26
Mar
Amiot AAC.1 (Junkers Ju-52) –
Crashed on forced landing between Maiduguri and Kano. A newspaper article dated December 19 gives that date of the accident as "a few d...
26
Mar
Boeing 737-4Y0 (SF) – 5N-JRT
Allied Air flight AJK206 , a Boeing 737-400 (SF), veered off the right side of runway 22 after landing at Abuja International Airport (...
26
Mar
Raytheon Hawker 800XP – 5N-AMM
A Raytheon Hawker 800XP jet, 5N-AMM, sustained substantial damage when it landed short while on final approach to runway 22 at Ibadan A...