On 22 January 1973, a Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crashed at Kano International Airport while attempting to land in high winds. The crash killed 176 passengers and crew. There were 26 survivors. The cr
JY-ADO, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1971
Overview of Kano International Airport, the site of the accident
On 3 August 1975, a chartered Royal Air Maroc international passenger flight from Paris to Agadir crashed into a mountain while descending to land at Inezgane Airport. All 188 passengers and crew memb
1973 Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash
…crashed in France, killing 346 people. The Kano aircraft crash was also the deadliest aviation disaster involving a Boeing 707 at the time until another Alia Royal Jordanian plane crashed in Morocco two years later. In 1975, the Nigerian government concluded that the cause of crash was pilot error, stating that captain Waterman flew the…
JY-AEE, the aircraft involved, seen at Frankfurt Airport, the day before the crash