Nigeria Airways Flight 2120

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Nigeria Airways Flight 2120

C-GMXQ, the aircraft involved, photographed in 1989
Accident
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 / 21.63694; 39.17306
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]