In the history of Nigerian aviation, a large number of air crashes involving passenger planes have been recorded. The Kano crash of BOAC Argonaut in 1956 may have been the beginning of all the unfortunate air crashes that followed suit.
While some were as fatal as claiming the lives of the entire passengers and crew, some recorded notable survivals.
Below is a timeline of plane crashes in Nigeria from 1956 to date.
A British Overseas Airways Corporation four-engined Canadair C-4 Argonaut airliner register G-ALHE crashed into a tree on departure from Kano Airport on June 4, 1956. Three of the seven crew members and 29 of the 38 passengers died, while two crew and two passengers sustained serious injuries.
On November 20, 1969, Nigeria Airways BAC VC10 crashlanded, killing 87 people on board.
January 22, 1973, Royal Jordanian Airlines flight 707 carrying 171 Nigerian Muslims returning from Mecca and five crewmen crashed in Kano, killing all on board.
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