In January 1973, 176 people died after a Boeing 707 chartered by Nigeria Airways to fly pilgrims back from Jeddah to Lagos crashed in Kano airport. In October 2006, 97 people perished after a Boeing 737 operated by ADC Airlines crashed near the Abuja airport shortly after takeoff. The ADC Airlines flight departed Lagos on a scheduled domestic flight to Sokoto with an intermediate stop at Abuja. That request took 6 minutes to answer and the resultant effect was a plane crash with no survivors. Africa’s aviation safety record has never been good, though Ethiopian Airlines has been regarded as an exception.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 12, 2019 18:56 UTC