Kano air disaster

Kano air disaster
Accident summary
JY-ADO, the aircraft involved in the accident, at London Heathrow Airport in 1971
Date	22 January 1973
Summary	Landing gear collapse, bad weather
Site	Kano International Airport (KAN), Nigeria
Passengers	193
Crew	9
Injuries (non-fatal)	26
Fatalities	176
Survivors	26
Aircraft type	Boeing 707-3D3C
Operator	Alia on behalf of Nigeria Airways
Registration	JY-ADO
Flight origin	Jedda King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), Saudi Arabia
Destination	Ikeja International Airport , now known as Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS), Lagos

The Kano air disaster was a chartered Boeing 707 passenger flight on 22 January 1973 which crashed while attempting to land at Kano International Airport. 176 passengers and crew perished in the crash. It is the worst aviation disaster ever to take place in Nigeria.^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was a 2 year old Boeing 707-3D3C, JY-ADO, owned by Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines, operating on behalf of Nigeria Airways. It first flew in 1971 and was powered by 4 Pratt and Whitney JT3D engines. It had a manufacturer serial number (MSN) of 850.^[2]

Flight

The Boeing 707, operated by Alia, had been chartered by Nigeria Airways to fly pilgrims back from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Lagos, Nigeria. Bad weather at Lagos caused the crew to divert to Kano. Kano International Airport was experiencing high winds at the time. The aircraft landed nose wheel first, and the nose wheel collapsed after hitting a depression in the runway.^[3] The right main landing gear leg subsequently collapsed. The 707 turned 180 degrees, excursed from the runway and caught fire.

Of the 202 passengers and crew on board, 176 died and only 26 survived. At the time it occurred, the Kano air disaster was the deadliest-ever aviation accident,^[4] a distinction it only held for less than fourteen months before Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in France the next year, killing 346 people.^[5]

JED

KAN

LOS

A map showing the locations of the Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), Ikeja International Airport (LOS) and Kano International Airport (KAN - the site of the accident)

References

↑ "Aviation Safety Network".
↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-3D3C JY-ADO Kano International Airport (KAN)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
↑ "http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1973/1973-4.htm". www.planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14. External link in |title= (help)
↑ World's worst plane crash kills 190 pilgrims
↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 31 July 2013.

← 1972
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1973 (1973)
1974 →

Jan 22 Kano air disaster
Jan 29 EgyptAir Il-18 crash
Feb 19 Aeroflot Flight 141
Feb 21 Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
Feb 26 DeKalb–Peachtree Airport Learjet 24 crash
Mar 3 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307
Mar 5 Nantes mid-air collision
Apr 10 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435
May 31 Indian Airlines Flight 440
Jun 6 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144
Jun 20 Aeroméxico Flight 229
Jul 11 Varig Flight 820
Jul 22 Pan Am Flight 816
Jul 23 Japan Air Lines Flight 404
Jul 23 Ozark Air Lines Flight 809
Jul 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 723
Aug 13 Aviaco Flight 118
Sep 11 JAT Airways Flight 769
Sep 27 Texas International Airlines Flight 655
Sep 30 Aeroflot Flight 3932
Oct 13 Aeroflot Flight 964
Nov 3 National Airlines Flight 27
Nov 23 Italian Air Force C-47 "Argo 16"
Nov 25 KLM Flight 861
Dec 17 Pan Am Flight 110 and Lufthansa hijacking

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