Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 September 1969
Aircraft Type: Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter
Owner/operator: Nordchurchaid
Registration Number: N52676
Location: Uli Airstrip –
ÿ Nigeria
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A Biafran Airlift aircraft crashed while on final approach to Uli, likely due to a collision with trees. This occurred during a humanitarian relief effort focused on transporting food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war.A Biafran Airlift aircraft crashed while on final approach to Uli, likely due to a collision with trees. This occurred during a humanitarian relief effort focused on transporting food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war.
Description
Collided with trees and crashed while on final approach to Uli. 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.
Primary Cause
Collision with trees during final approach.Collision with trees during final approach.Share on:
