Murtala Muhammed International Airport - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

• On 20 November 1969, Nigeria Airways Flight 825 crashed while on approach to Ikeja International Airport. All 87 passengers and crew on board were killed.
• Early in 1981, Douglas C-47B 5N-ARA of Arax Airlines was damaged beyond repair in an accident and was subsequently reduced to spares.
• On 26 September 1992, a Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules crashed three minutes after take-off in the nearby Ejigbo canal. Three engines failed, high take-off weight. All 158 people on board were killed.
• On 11 November 1996, ADC Airlines Flight 86, a Boeing 727-231 was approaching the airport whilst avoiding a potential collision the 727 pilots took evasive action but overcompensated: within sixteen seconds the plane was flying upside down approaching Mach 1. The inverted aircraft disintegrated on impact, near Ejirin, killing all 153 passengers.
• On 28 November 2003, Lagos control cleared Hydro Air 501, a Boeing 747-200 from Brussels Airport for a landing at Runway 19R. The aircraft ended up hitting a stack of asphalt, then slewed left with its first engine in contact with the surface until the nose wheel came to rest in a drainage ditch. The Ministry of Aviation report concluded that the cause of the accident was that the aircraft was cleared to land on a runway that was “supposed” to have been closed.
• On 22 October 2005, Bellview Airlines Flight 210, bound for Abuja, crashed after takeoff, killing all 117 people on board.
• On 3 June 2012 a commercial flight, Dana Air Flight 992, crashed in close proximity of the airport. The plane, an MD-83, is reported to have banked sharply prior on attempting to land and mid air have lost one of its rear mounted engines, subsequently crashing in the nearby residential area of Agege, killing all 157 passengers and crew.