January 22, 1973 – Royal Jordanian Airlines flight 707 carrying 171
Nigerian Muslims returning from Mecca and 5 crewmen died in crash
in Kano, Nigeria.

March 1, 1978 – Nigeria Airways F28-1000 crashes in Kano killing 16.

June 24, 1995 – Harka Air Services Tupolev 34 crashes on landing in
Lagos killing 16.

November 13, 1995 – Nigeria Airways Boeing 737-2F9 crashes on
landing in Kaduna killing 9.

November 7, 1996 – A Nigerian ADC( Aviation Development
Corporation ) Airline Boeing 727-231 flying from Port Harcourt to
Lagos with 142 passengers and 9 crew members crashed on landing,
plunging into a lagoon with all on board killed.

May 4, 2002 – Nigerian EAS Airlines’ BAC 1-11-500 with 105 people
on board crashed and burst into flames in a poor, densely populated
suburb of Kano. 76 on board killed, including 72 on the ground
bringing it to a total 148 dead.

October 22, 2005 – A Nigerian Bellview Airlines Boeing 737 airliner
with 117 people on board crashes and disintegrates in flames shortly
after take-off from Lagos. All on board killed.

December 10, 2005 – A Nigerian Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashes in Port
Harcourt, killing all 103 on board. Most on board were school children
going home for Christmas.

September. 17, 2006 – A Nigerian 18-seater Dornier 228 Air Force
transport plane, carrying 15 senior army officers and three crew
members crashed leaving only three survivors that sustained serious
injury.

Below is a breakdown of plane crashes including helicopters in Nigeria: (summary of dates and deaths )

• [b]November 20, 1969: killing 87

• January 22, 1973: carrying 171 and five crewmen, killing all on board.

• March 1, 1978: killing 16 people.

• November 28, 1983: killing 53 on board.

• December 1988: Skypower Brandeironte aircraft overshot Ilorin Airport’s runway, killing all the passengers.

• February 24, 1991: killing all nine people on board.

• May 21, 1991: A Cessna Citation 550 of Ashaka Cement, Hombe, crashed, killing all on board. ?

• June 26, 1991: killing three persons.

• September 26, 1992: All 200 on board killed.

• June 24, 1995: 34 crashed on landing in Lagos, killing 16.

• November 13, 1995: killing 9.

• January 17, 1996: Ibrahim Abacha, son of Sani Abacha, was killed in a plane crash. The group “United Front for Nigeria’s Liberation” (UFNL) claimed responsibility for the crash.

• November 7, 1996: 142 passengers and 9 crew members all on board killed.

• January 31, 1997: killing five.

• September 12, 1997: none of the 10 people died.

• January 5, 2000: , killing 17.

• October 26, 2000:, 6 occupants injured.

• May 4, 2002: 105 people on board crashed, killing 76 on board and 72 on the ground bringing total casualties to148.

• July 26, 2004: killing four persons on board.


• June 24, 2005: A Russian aircraft belonging to Harka Air crash- landed at the MMA, all the people on board died


• October 22, 2005: 117 people on board . All on board killed.

• December 10, 2005: killing all 103 on board.

• September 17, 2006: carrying 15 senior army officers and three crew members , leaving only three survivors.

• October 29, 2006: 104 people, All but 6 perished in the disaster.

• November 10, 2006: Delta state killing four on board.


• March 15, 2008: All four crew members died.

• March 14, 2002: killing all members on-board including four senior police officers.

• May 4, 2002: killing 70 people.

• December 10 2005: killing 109 passengers including 60 students of Jesuit Loyola College Abuja.

• October 22, 2005:killing 117 passengers on board.

• October 29, 2006: killing 105 people on board.

• November 10, 2006: killing two people.

• September 16 2006: killing Army generals.

• June 3, 2012: killing 153

• December 15, 2012 : killing 4[/b]

Full Details on other crashes including no casualties on page 16, Friday October 4, The Guardian Newspapers and http://247ureports.com/nigerias-air-crash-history/