ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328327
| Date: | Monday 26 May 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
| Owner/operator: | Federal Nigerian Air Force |
| Registration: | NAF904 |
| MSN: | 10488 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2250 hours |
| Cycles: | 2040 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SE off Lagos -
 Nigeria
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM) |
| São Tomé Island Airport (TMS/FPST) |
The F-27 plane crashed on a flight from Lagos (LOS) to Sao-Tome/Principe with military, government officials and reporters on board. The aircraft crashed into the Bight of Benin on the 127 degree radial of the LOS VOR. at 67 DME, off the coast of Forcados close to Warri in the Niger Delta. It was a 12 man delegation sent by the Federal Military Government at that time on a defence diplomatic mission to São Tomé. One of the casualties was Nigeria's Minister of External Affairs Abubakar Usman.
It was reported in the news then that the plane ran into a severe thunderstorm.
Sources:
Willem Wendt
The Montreal Gazette - Jun 2, 1980
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