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| Date: | Saturday 24 January 2004 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet E |
| Owner/operator: | Nigerian Air Force - NAF |
| Registration: | NAF456 |
| MSN: | N07/0007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sara village, near Kano -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed during night training flight. Wg Cdr R.O. Adeniyi killed (as a solo pilot). Time reported as 12:45 at Yalkanya. Date also reported as 28 JAN. Also reported this was a L-39 from 303rd AF Training School and its two crew were killed on this date and the Alpha Jet crashed 24 JAN.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120818073227/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/ALPHA_JET/alpha_jet.htm
AFM MAR 2004/APR 2004
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2627795370603606
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2013 18:58 | TB | Added |
| 19-Jun-2013 13:00 | TB | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Apr-2018 12:31 | j155 | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 26-Apr-2021 12:53 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2021 07:32 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2025 07:47 | TB | Updated [Date, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2025 08:01 | TB | Updated [Cn, ] |
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