What the records say
- When
- 28 Nov 1983
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 6.47° N, 7.56° E
- Description
- November 1983 plane crash in Enugu, Nigeria
- Deaths
- 53
- Injured
- 19
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Nigeria Airways Flight 250
November 1983 plane crash in Enugu, Nigeria
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. 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. 53 of the 72 people on board the plane were killed, making the crash the fourth-deadliest aviation accident in Nigeria at the time.
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