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Nigeria – a history of major air crashes

13 Jun 2012 - by Staff reporter
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A Nigerian passenger plane carrying 147 people crashed in a densely populated part of Lagos on Sunday, June 3, the latest air disaster to hit Africa's most populous nation, reports Reuters.

Following is a chronology of major air accidents in Nigeria:
September 26, 1992 - A Nigerian Air Force C-130 crashed minutes after taking off from 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 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, half of them schoolchildren on their way home for Christmas.
September 17, 2006 - Twelve Nigerian military personnel, mostly high-ranking officers, were killed in a plane crash in Benue state. Six survived.
October 29, 2006 - An ADC airliner with 114 passengers on board crashed and burned after take-off from Abuja, killing 96 people.
June 3, 2012 - A Dana Air MD-83 carrying 147 people crashed in the Agege suburb of Lagos.

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