Timeline of major plane crashes in Nigeria (1969 - 2013)

Over the years, the country’s air space has recorded alarming numbers of air mishaps with 10 air crashes in the last 20 years at an average of 1 every 2 years. Air transportation in the country has suffered plane crashes that have claimed thousands of lives, including those of eminent Nigerians and foreigners. Below is a breakdown of plane crashes in Nigeria:



•Oct 4, 2013 - Associated Airlines plane crash killed 13 people

•June 3, 2012 – A Dana Airlines Flight 9J 992 carrying 153 passengers on board crashed at a residential area of Iju-Ishaga, Lagos. No one survived the crash.

•March 14, 2012: A Helicopter belonging to the Joint Task Force (JTF) crashes in Kabong, Jos, killing all members onboard, including 4 senior Police officers.

•March 8, 2011: HS-125 chartered aircraft crashed in Bauchi. No casualty.

•March 15, 2008: Beechcraft 1900D plane marked 5N-JAH, belonging to Wing Aviation crashed in Cross River State. The wreckage was not found until 6 months after. All four crew members died.

•August 2, 2007: Bristow-owned helicopter crashed inside ExxonMobil facility in Port Harcourt.

•September 16 2006: Air Force plane crashed in Benue State killing Army

•October 29, 2006: An ADC aircraft crashed when it took off from Abuja, killing 105 people on board.

•November 10, 2006: A six-seater helicopter belonging to Odengene Air Shuttle (OAS) crashed in Delta State, killing two people.

•January 28, 2005: A Nigeria Air Force fighter plane crashed into a farmland in Yar Kanya, Kano State.

•February 25, 2005: ADC’s B73 aircraft had its tyre burnt while landing at Yola Airport.

•March 27, 2005: A Boeing 737 of Bellview had one of its engines caught fire.

•June 11/12, 2005: Lagos: a Boeing 727-200 aircraft belonging to the domestic Chachangi Airlines overshot the runway at Murtala Muhammed Airport, while yet another overshot the runway at the airport in Jos in central Nigeria a day earlier.

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

•July 6, 2005, Port Harcourt: An Air France A330 plane crashed into a herd of cattle at Port Harcourt airport, sustaining serious damage and killing many of the cows.

•July 23, 2005, a Lufthansa aircraft crash-landed at Lagos airport and was badly damaged, but no life was lost.

•October 22, 2005: A Bellview Airlines Boeing 737 with 117 people on board crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos. All on board killed.

•December 10, 2005: A Port Harcourt bound Sosoliso Airlines flight 1145 crash-landed in Port Harcourt Airport, killing 109 passengers including 60 students of Jesuit Loyola College, Abuja.

•March 6, 2004: An Aenail spray aircraft with registration number 5NBEF belonging to Berfieex Nigeria Ltd, crashed at the Bauchi Airport.

•July 26, 2004: Pan African Airlines’ helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in Eacraros, Delta State, killing four persons on board.

•December 29, 2004: A Boeing 727 of Chanchangi Airlines belly-landed at the MMA.

•March 14, 2002: A helicopter belonging to the Joint Task Force (JTF) crashed in Kabong, Jos, killing all members on-board including four senior police officers.

•May 4, 2002: EAS Airlines’ BAC 1-11-500 with 105 people on board crashed and burst into flames in a densely populated suburb of Kano, killing 76 on board and 72 on the ground bringing total casualties to148.

•January 5, 2000: SkyPower Express Airways Bandeirante 110P1A crashes on landing in Abuja, killing 17.

•October 26, 2000: Dornier aircraft plunged into a thick bush near the Niger Delta, 6 occupants injured.

•January 31, 1997: Sky Power Express Airways Embraer 110PIA crashed on landing in Yola, killing five.

•September 12, 1997: NAF Dornier 228-212 in Nguru, Borno State ran into a ditch during take-off, none of the 10 people died.

•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: 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 the lagoon with all on board killed.

•June 24, 1995: Harka Air Services Tupolev 34 crashed on landing in Lagos, killing 16.

•November 13, 1995: Nigeria Airways Boeing 737-2F9 crashed on landing in Kaduna, killing 9.

•September 26, 1992: Nigerian Air Force A C-130 plane crashed minutes after take-off from Lagos. All 200 on board killed.

•February 24, 1991: British Helicopter crashed in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, 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: An Okada Air Bac-11 crashed in Sokoto, killing three persons.

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

•November 28, 1983: Nigeria Airways F28-1000 crashed near Enugu, killing 53 on board.

•March 1, 1978: Nigeria Airways F28-1000 crashed in Kano, killing 16 people.

•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.

•November 20, 1969: Nigeria Airways BAC VC10 crashed on landing, killing 87 people on board.

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