Accidents and Incidents
Aviation Safety Network records 16 events for the airline, eight of which led to fatalities. The worst accident experienced by the carrier took place on 11 July 1991, when 261 people were killed in an accident at King Abdulaziz International Airport. The following list includes events that had reported fatalities, carried with the hull-loss of the equipment involved, or both.
| Date | Location | Aircraft | Tail number | Aircraft damage | Fatalities | Description | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01969-11-2020 November 1969 | Lagos | VC-10-1101 | 5N-ABD | W/O | 700187000000000000087/87 | The aircraft was flying the London–Rome–Kano–Lagos route as Flight 825 when it crashed on its last leg, during approach to Ikeja International Airport, after hitting trees in low visibilty. The aircraft involved had been sold to Nigeria Airways by BOAC less than two months prior to the occurrence of the accident and was operated by an experienced crew. | |
| 01971-04-044 April 1971 | Jos | F27-200 | 5N-AAX | W/O | 50000000000000000000/41 | Swerved off the runway and hit heaps of gravel at Jos Airport, following a rejected takeoff in crosswind conditions. | |
| 01972-09-1919 September 1972 | Port Harcourt | F28-1000 | PH-FPT | W/O | 50000000000000000000 | Ran off the runway upon landing at Port Harcourt Airport. | |
| 01973-01-2222 January 1973 | Kano | Boeing 707-320C | JY-ADO | W/O | 7002176000000000000176/202 | Skidded off the runway and caught fire soon after one of the two main gears collapsed on landing at Kano Airport. The aircraft was due to fly the Jeddah–Lagos route, but it was diverted to Kano because of the weather. It was chartered from Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines and operated on behalf of Nigeria Airways for the Hajj season. | |
| 01977-04-2525 April 1977 | Sokoto | F27-200 | 5N-AAW | W/O | 50000000000000000000/23 | Overran the runway on landing at Sokoto Airport. | |
| 01978-03-011 March 1978 | Kano | F28-1000 | 5N-ANA | W/O | 700118000000000000018 | The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Sokoto–Kano service, when it collided short before touchdown at the destination airport with a Nigerian Air Force Mig-21U trainer. There were 18 fatalities, 16 of them occupants of the civil aircraft. | |
| 01983-11-2828 November 1983 | Enugu | F28-2000 | 5N-ANF | W/O | 700153000000000000053/72 | Crashed in poor visibility 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) short of the runway on a steep approach to Enugu Airport, inbound from Lagos. The aircraft caught fire and burned out. | |
| 01987-01-1010 January 1987 | Ilorin | DC-10-30 | 5N-ANR | W/O | 50000000000000000000/9 | Overshot the runway at Ilorin Airport on a training flight, catching fire. | |
| 01988-10-1515 October 1988 | Port Harcourt | Boeing 737-200 | 5N-ANW | W/O | 50000000000000000000/132 | Overran the runway on landing in heavy rain at Port Harcourt Airport; both the nosegear and the starboard main gear collapsed. | |
| 01989-10-022 October 1989 | Lagos | Boeing 737-200 | 5N-ANX | W/O | 50000000000000000000/135 | Had its nosegear collapsed after overrunning the wet runway on landing at Ikeja International Airport. | |
| 01991-07-1111 July 1991 | Jeddah | DC-8-61 | C-GMXQ | W/O | 7002261000000000000261/261 | Caught fire and crashed shortly after take-off from King Abdulaziz International Airport. The aircraft, chartered from the Canadian company Nolisair, was flying pilgrims back to Sokoto as Flight 2120, during the Hajj season. | |
| 01993-10-2525 October 1993 | Niamey | A310-200 | Unknown | Minor | 70001000000000000001/149 | Hijacked en route from Lagos to Abuja. The hijackers demanded the resignation of the Nigeria's government and to be flown to Frankfurt. The aircraft was denied permission to land in N'Djamena, and was diverted to the Niamey Airport for refuelling. It was stormed by Nigerien commandos 4 days later; the co-pilot was killed during the operation. | |
| 01994-12-1919 December 1994 | Kiri Kasama | Boeing 707-320C | 5N-ABK | W/O | 70003000000000000003/5 | Crashed near Kiri Kasama after smoke in the cockpit was reported, distracting the pilots. The aircraft was operating a cargo service between Jeddah and Kano as Flight 9805. | |
| 01995-11-1313 November 1995 | Kaduna | Boeing 737-200 | 5N-AUA | W/O | 700111000000000000011/138 | The aircraft experienced a wing strike following a long, tailwind landing at Kaduna Airport, inbound from Jos as Flight 357. The starboard wing hit the ground after the aircraft slewed off the runway to the left, damaging the fuel tanks and starting a fire that completely engulfed the fuselage. |
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