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Written By Samiplus Thursday, 02 November 2006

 Every Nigerian aircrash incident brings darkness into the Nigeria nation. Like a passenger plane operated by ADC Airlines, with more than 100 people on board that crashed near the Nigerian capital of Abuja, killing ninety six passenger including the Sultan of Sokoto. This was a crash too many for the world's most populous black nation.

Nigeria recorded its first plane crash on November 20, 1969, when a government-owned DC-10 aircraft on a flight from London crash-landed in Lagos and killed all 87 passengers and crew on board.

Between November 1969 and October 2006, at least 1000 persons have been killed in plane crashes involving Nigeria, Nigerians or Nigerian- operated aircrafts.

Below is a scoop from achives (Newspapers and Internet) on the sorry history of air crashes in Nigeria.

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  November 20, 1969: Lagos, Nigeria: a government-owned DC-10 aircraft on a flight from London crash- landed and killed all 87 passengers and crew on board.
• 1973, A Boeing 707 crashed in Kano. 171 Nigerian Muslims returning from Mecca and 5 crewmen died in crash.
• March 1978: A former-28 Nigeria Airways crashed in Kano, 16 people died.
• December 3, 1988, Nigeria Airways Forker-28 crashed in Enugu, killing 103 passengers.
• December 1988: Skypower Brandeironte aircraft overshot Ilorin Airport runway All the passengers died.
• 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, three people died.
• September 26, 1992: NAF C-130 Hercules from Lagos to Kaduna crashed at Ejigbo, Lagos 157 military officers on board died.
• July 11, 1991: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Canadian-chartered DC-8 carrying pilgrims returning to Nigeria crashed after take-off, killing 261 people.
• Ibrahim Abacha, son of Sani Abacha, was killed in a plane crash 17 January 1996. The group "United Front for Nigeria's Liberation" (UFNL) claimed responsibility for the crash.
•  1996, ADC- November, Ejirin, near Epe, controlled by Captain Sama, Plunged into lagoon. The aircraft touched down about halfway down the runway and eventually skidded off the runway off to one side. The aircraft was subsequently destroyed by fire. Nine of the 129 passengers were killed.
• September 12, 1997: A NAF Dornier 228-212 in Nguru, Bornu State ran into a ditch during the take off, none of the 10 people died.
• October 26, 2000: Dornier aircraft plunged into a thick bush near the Niger Delta, 6 occupants injured.
• May 4, 2002: Kano, Nigeria: EAS Airline BAC 1-11 bound for Lagos plowed into a poor, densely populated suburb of Kano shortly after takeoff, killing 148. Dead included all 76 aboard and dozens on the ground.

• March 20, 2003: An ADC Boeing 737 from Calabar Airport skidded off the runway. 100 people on board escaped.
• November 30, 2003, a Cargo aircraft of Hydro Cargo, Brussels, Belgium, crash landed.
• March 6, 2004: An aenail spray aircraft with registration number 5NBEF belonging to Berfieex Nigeria Ltd, crashed at the Bauchi Airport.
  

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