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| Date: | Wednesday 4 June 1980 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Westland Wessex 60 (S-58T) |
| Owner/operator: | Bristow Helicopters Nigeria (BHN) |
| Registration: | 5N-AJP |
| MSN: | WA/463 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Nigeria -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in sea near Cameroon border after loss of main rotor.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
El Tiempo 7 June 1980, p11D
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jul-2010 10:58 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 20-Oct-2012 07:33 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-May-2014 17:29 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2014 21:13 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Aug-2014 14:36 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2014 12:41 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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