Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 APR 1967 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship |
| Operator: | Nigeria Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Enugu (Nigeria) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Benin City Airport (BNI/DNBE), Nigeria |
| Lagos/Ikeja International Airport (LOS/DNMM), Nigeria |
Five hijackers. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Benin City Airport to Lagos/Ikeja International Airport as the crow flies is 252 km (158 miles).
Distance from Benin City Airport to Lagos/Ikeja International Airport as the crow flies is 252 km (158 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
