Aviation accidents in Nigeria

27 accidents and incidents are recorded in Nigeria (1983–2026), with 762 people killed and 0 seriously injured. 37% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1983 to 2 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Boeing MD-83, Lagos, NG (Jun 3, 2012) · 153 killed
2. ADC Airlines Flight 086, Lagos Lagoon (Nov 7, 1996) · 144 killed
3. Bellview Airlines Flight 210, Nigeria (Oct 22, 2005) · 117 killed
4. Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145, Port Harcourt International Airport (Dec 10, 2005) · 107 killed
5. ADC Airlines Flight 053, Nigeria (Oct 29, 2006) · 96 killed
6. EAS Airlines Flight 4226, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (May 4, 2002) · 71 killed
7. Nigeria Airways Flight 250, Enugu (Nov 28, 1983) · 53 killed
8. Nigeria Airways Flight 357, Kaduna Airport (Nov 13, 1995) · 11 killed
9. Sikorsky S76, Port Harcourt, NG (Oct 24, 2024) · 8 killed
10. Beech C90, Kaduna, NG (May 24, 2011) · 2 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.