Accident | |
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Date | November 28, 1983 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error in poor weather[1] |
Site | 3.3 km from Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria 6°28′26″N 7°33′40″E / 6.47389°N 7.56111°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Fokker F28 Fellowship 2000 |
Operator | Nigeria Airways |
Registration | 5N-ANF |
Flight origin | Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria |
Destination | Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria |
Occupants | 72 |
Passengers | 66 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 53 |
Survivors | 19 |
Nigeria Airways Flight 250 was a domestic Nigerian flight from Ikeja to Enugu that crashed at 11:13 a.m. on the morning of November 28, 1983.[1] On approach to Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, the Fokker F28 Fellowship 2000 crashed into a cassava field 3.3 km from the runway.[2] 53 of the 72 people on board the plane were killed, making the crash the fourth-deadliest aviation accident in Nigeria at the time.[1]