Nigeria’s military air disasters: Full list of fatal crashes since 1992

Fatal military aviation disasters in Nigeria’s history. 💔🕊️

• September 26, 1992 — Nigeria Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft crashes into an Ejigbo canal in Lagos (159 dead)
• September 17, 2006 — Nigerian Air Force Dornier 228-212 crashes into a hillside in Benue (13 dead)
• August 29, 2015 — NAF Dornier-228 NAF030 crashes into a residential building in Kaduna (7 dead)
• October 10, 2025 — NAF F-7Ni jet crashes in Adamawa (1 dead)
• September 28, 2018 — Two F-7Ni fighter jets collide in Katampe hills, Abuja (1 dead)
• January 2, 2019 — Mi-35M helicopter crashes in Borno (5 dead)
• February 21, 2021 — NAF Beechcraft KingAir B350i crashes near the Abuja airport due to engine failure (7 dead)
• March 31, 2021 — NAF475, wreckage found in the Sambisa Forest one year after counter-insurgency mission (2 dead)
• May 21, 2021 — Beechcraft King Air 350i crashes near Kaduna International Airport killing Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru (11 dead)
• April 19, 2022 — NAF PAC MFI-395 crashes at NAF Base in Kaduna (2 dead)
• August 14, 2023 — NAF MI-171E helicopter crashes on evacuation mission in Niger (11 dead)
• October 5, 2026 — NAF ATR-42 crashes in Ondo (25 dead)