TIMELINE OF PLANE CRASHES IN NIGERIA 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: •June 3, 2012 – A Dana Airlines Flight 9J 992 carrying 153 passengers on board. •March 14, 2012: A Helicopter belonging to the Joint Task Force. •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. •August 2, 2007: Bristow-owned helicopter crashed inside ExxonMobil facility in Port Harcourt. •September 16 2006: Air Force plane crashed in Benue State. •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. •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 and crashed. •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 in Portcourt. •July 23, 2005, a Lufthansa aircraft crash-landed at Lagos airport and was badly damaged. •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. •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. •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. •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. •January 5, 2000: SkyPower Express Airways Bandeirante 110P1A crashes on landing in Abuja. •October 26, 2000: Dornier aircraft plunged into a thick bush near the Niger Delta. •January 31, 1997: Sky Power Express Airways Embraer 110PIA crashed on landing in Yola. •September 12, 1997: NAF Dornier 228-212 in Nguru, Borno State ran into a ditch during take-off. •January 17, 1996: Ibrahim Abacha, son of Sani Abacha, was killed in a plane crash. •November 7, 1996: A Nigerian ADC (Aviation Development Corporation) Airline Boeing 727-231 flying from Rivers. •June 24, 1995: Harka Air Services Tupolev 34 crashed on landing in Lagos. •November 13, 1995: Nigeria Airways Boeing 737-2F9 crashed on landing in Kaduna. •September 26, 1992: Nigerian Air Force A C-130 plane crashed minutes after take-off from Lagos. •February 24, 1991: British Helicopter crashed in Eket, Akwa Ibom State. •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. •December 1988: Skypower Brandeironte aircraft overshot Ilorin Airport’s runway. •November 28, 1983: Nigeria Airways F28-1000 crashed near Enugu, killing 53 on board. •March 1, 1978: Nigeria Airways F28-1000 crashed in Kano. •January 22, 1973: Royal Jordanian Airlines flight 707 carrying 171 Nigerian Muslims returning from Mecca and five crewmen crashed in Kano. •November 20, 1969: Nigeria Airways BAC VC10 crashed on landing, killing 87 people on board. HOW WILL THIS INCIDENT AVERTED....THE GOVT. IS NOT TAKING ANYTHING SERIOUS. ..CHANGE WE NEED.
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