Flight accident at Kano in 1973
| Flight accident at Kano in 1973 | |
|---|---|
 The plane involved in the accident in 1971 at Heathrow Airport |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Agreement from the runway after landing gear break |
| place |
Kano Airport , Nigeria
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| date | 22nd January 1973 |
| Fatalities | 176 |
| Survivors | 26th |
| Injured | 26th |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Boeing 707-3D3C
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| operator |
 Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines for Nigeria Airways
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| Mark |
JY-ADO
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| Departure airport |
Jeddah Airport (old) , Saudi Arabia
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| Stopover |
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| Destination airport |
Kano Airport , Nigeria (alternate airport)
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| Passengers | 193 |
| crew | 9 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The 1973 Kano aircraft accident occurred on January 22, 1973 when a Boeing 707 operated by Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines crashed on a charter flight on behalf of Nigeria Airways from Jeddah to Lagos during a stopover at Kano Airport . The machine went off the runway and caught fire after the nose landing gear broke during landing. Due to a seriously inadequate emergency management at Kano Airport, 176 of the 202 people on board were killed in the accident.
As of November 2019, it is the most serious aircraft accident in Nigeria .
plane
The machine was a Boeing 707-3D3C, whose maiden flight took place on January 14, 1971. On January 26, 1971, the aircraft was delivered to Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines and has since been operated by them under the aircraft registration number JY-ADO . It was the 850th Boeing 707 off the production line on the Boeing Field end-mounted machine carried the work number 20494th The four-engine long-range narrow-body aircraft was equipped with four Turbojettriebwerken type Pratt & Whitney Jt3d-3B equipped.
Crew and passengers and flight plan
In the air there was a hajj - charter flight , the Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines for Nigeria Airways was performed. 193 passengers were seated on board the machine and were accompanied by a crew of nine. The majority of the passengers were Muslim pilgrims returning from a pilgrimage from Mecca .
Course of the flight and course of the accident
The fully occupied plane had started from Jeddah Airport (old) and was supposed to fly to Lagos Airport . Due to difficult weather conditions at the destination airport, the pilots avoided Kano Airport . There were strong winds there during the approach. When landing at 9:30 a.m. local time, the nose landing gear first landed hard, while the main landing gear wheels barely touched the ground. The nose landing gear got into a ditch next to the runway and finally broke off. The machine then turned 180 degrees, came off the runway, slid into another ditch and caught fire. The fire destroyed almost the entire hull of the machine, which, according to witnesses, literally melted together. Only the stern was retained. Since the evacuation was initiated very late, only 26 of the 202 people on board were able to save themselves. A total of 176 people died in the accident, including 170 pilgrims and six crew members.
root cause
During the investigation into the accident, it was found that the aircraft was caught in a wake vortex on landing .
meaning
It is the most serious aircraft accident in Nigeria (as of November 2019) and, after the plane crash near Agadir, the second most serious accident involving a Boeing 707 and the second most serious accident involving Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines. With 176 deaths, the accident was the worst in civil aviation at the time, until it was exceeded 14 months later by Turkish Airlines flight 981 with 346 deaths.
swell
- Accident report B-707 JY-ADO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 14, 2018.
- Operational history of the machine on planelogger.com
- Description of the accident on planecrashinfo.com
- World's worst plane crash kills 190 Pilgrims , The Ludington Daily News, Jan. 19, 1973.
Coordinates: 12 ° 2 ′ 58 ″ N , 8 ° 31 ′ 15 ″ E