Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
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nigeria-airways-flight-2120-224-691726
title:
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
text:
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. The investigation traced the fire to underinflated tires which overheated and burst during takeoff, and subsequently discovered that a project manager had prevented those
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description:
1991 fatal air crash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Airways_Flight_2120
date created:
2007-11-24T17:17:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T12:59:53Z
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