1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash | |
Occurrence Type: | Accident |
Image Upright: | 1.15 |
Type: | Multiple engine failure during take-off |
Site: | In the Ejigbo canal, Lagos, Nigeria |
Aircraft Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
Tail Number: | NAF911 |
Origin: | Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria |
Destination: | Kaduna Airport, Nigeria |
Occupants: | 159 |
Passengers: | 151 |
Crew: | 8 |
Fatalities: | 159 |
Survivors: | 0 |
On 26 September 1992 a Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules crashed three minutes after take-off from Lagos, Nigeria. All 159 people on board were killed, including 8 foreign nationals. The aircraft was taking off at high weight and three engines failed. It had the manufacturer serial number 4624.