Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 · King Abdulaziz International Airport
On July 11, 1991, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (King Abdulaziz International Airport). 261 people died.
- Date
- July 11, 1991
- Place
- King Abdulaziz International Airport
- Operator
- Nolisair
- Killed
- 261
- Position
- 21.637°N, 39.173°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q2634895
From Wikipedia
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was a chartered passenger flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Sokoto, Nigeria. On 11 July 1991, the Douglas DC-8 operating the flight, registered as C-GMXQ and operated by Nationair Canada for Nigeria Airways, caught fire shortly after takeoff from King Abdulaziz International Airport, and crashed while attempting to return for an emergency landing, killing all 247 passengers and 14 crew members on board. The investigation traced the fire to underinflated tyres which overheated and burst during takeoff, and subsequently discovered that a project manager had prevented those tyres from being filled as the aircraft was behind schedule.
Flight 2120 is the deadliest accident involving a DC-8 and the deadliest aviation disaster involving a Canadian airline.
Text from Wikipedia, “Nigeria Airways Flight 2120”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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