What the records say
- When
- 11 Jul 1991
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 21.64° N, 39.17° E
- Description
- Flight which crashed shortly after takeoff on 11 July 1991
- Deaths
- 261
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
1991 aviation accident in Saudi Arabia
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was a chartered passenger flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Sokoto, Nigeria. On 11 July 1991, the Douglas DC-8 operating the flight, registered as C-GMXQ and operated by Nationair Canada for Nigeria Airways, 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…
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, a Douglas DC-8 operated by Canadian airline Nolisair, catches fire and crashes soon after takeoff from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Саудовской Аравии потерпел катастрофу авиалайнер Douglas DC-8 нигерийской авиакомпании Nigeria Airways”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El vuelo 2120 de Nigeria Airways se estrella cerca de Yeda a causa de un incendio en el tren de aterrizaje: mueren sus 261 ocupantes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “سقوط طائرة تابعة الخطوط الجوية النيجيرية من الرحلة الخطوط الجوية النيجيرية الرحلة 2120 بالقرب من مدينة جدة في المملكة العربية السعودية وتسفر عن مقتل 261 شخص”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page