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Nigeria Airways Flight 2120

1991 CE · Saudi Arabia, Asia · Disaster

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
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Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was a chartered passenger flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Sokoto, Nigeria, on 11 July 1991, which 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 members on board.

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