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Nigeria Airways Flight 9805
1994 plane crash in Nigeria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nigeria Airways Flight 9805 was a cargo flight from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria. On 19 December 1994, the Boeing 707-3F9C flying the route suffered an in-flight fire and crashed into a marshland near Kiri Kasama, Hadejia LGA, Nigeria. One of the three crew members and both passengers died. The investigation determined that a heat generating substance was the probable cause.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | 19 December 1994 |
Summary | In-flight fire |
Site | near Kiri Kasama, Nigeria |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707-3F9C |
Operator | Nigeria Airways |
Call sign | NIGERIA 9805 |
Registration | 5N-ABK |
Flight origin | King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Destination | Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria |
Occupants | 5 |
Passengers | 2 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Injuries | 2 |
Survivors | 2 |
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