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Factbox-chronology Of Nigerian Air Accidents by Orikinla(m): 7:48pm On Oct 29, 2006 |
[b]LAGOS (Reuters) - Following is a chronology of recent major air accidents in Nigeria: September 26, 1992 - A Nigerian Air Force C-130 crashed minutes after leaving Lagos airport. Around 200 people died. June 25, 1995 - A Harka Airlines Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-134 crashed at Lagos airport, killing 15 people. November 13, 1995 - A Nigeria Airways Boeing 737 crashed on landing in Kaduna, killing nine people. November 7, 1996 - A Boeing 727 operated by Nigeria's ADC crashed on its way from Port Harcourt to Lagos. All 142 passengers and nine crew died. May 4, 2002 - A Nigerian EAS Airlines BAC 1-11 crashed in Kano. At least 148 people were killed -- 75 on the plane and at least 73 on the ground. October 22, 2005 - A Nigerian Bellview Airlines Boeing 737 airliner crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos. All 111 passengers and six crew were killed. December 10, 2005 - A Nigerian Sosoliso Airlines DC9 from Abuja crashed on landing in Port Harcourt, killing 106 people. September 17, 2006 - Twelve Nigerian military personnel, mostly high-ranking officers, were killed in a plane crash in Benue state. Six others survived. October 29, 206 - An ADC airliner with 114 passengers on board crashed and burnt up after take-off from Abuja. Rescuers said no more than five people appeared to have survived.[/b] http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-10-29T150837Z_01_L29891977_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L1-RelatedNews-1
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