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Date | 11 July 1991 |
Summary | Under-inflated tire overheating, leading to an in-flight fire |
Site | King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 21°38′13″N 39°10′23″E / 21.63694°N 39.17306°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-61 |
Operator | Nationair Canada on behalf of Nigeria Airways |
IATA flight No. | WT2120 |
ICAO flight No. | NGA2120 |
Call sign | NIGERIAN 2120 |
Registration | C-GMXQ |
Flight origin | King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Destination | Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria |
Occupants | 261 |
Passengers | 247 |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 261 |
Survivors | 0 |
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was a chartered passenger flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Sokoto, Nigeria, on 11 July 1991, which caught fire shortly after takeoff from King Abdulaziz International Airport and crashed while attempting to return for an emergency landing, killing all 247 passengers and 14 crew members on board.[1][2] The investigation traced the fire to underinflated tires which overheated and burst during takeoff, and subsequently discovered that a project manager had prevented those tires from being replaced because the aircraft was behind schedule. The aircraft was a Douglas DC-8 operated by Nationair Canada for Nigeria Airways. Flight 2120 is the deadliest accident involving a DC-8 and the deadliest aviation disaster involving a Canadian airline.[3]
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