1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash

no January 2014 January 2014 March 2024 1992 aviation accident in Nigeria October 2026 August 2026 1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash Accident NAF911 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules - Nigeria Air Force at Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (OBF) in August 1989.jpg NAF911, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 1989 y 1992 9 26 Multiple engine failure on take-off In the Ejigbo canal, Lagos, Nigeria 6 29 54 N 3 17 15 E inline,title Lockheed C-130H Hercules NGR NAF911 Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria Kaduna Airport, Nigeria 159 151 8 159 0 On 26 September 1992, a Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules crashed three minutes after take-off from Lagos, Nigeria. All 159 people on board were killed, including 8 foreign nationals. The aircraft was taking off at high weight and three of its four engines failed. A total of 151 Nigerians, 5 Ghanaians, 1 Tanzanian, 1 Zimbabwean, and 1 Ugandan military officers were confirmed to have died. This is the deadliest crash of a C-130 Hercules aircraft.19920926-1 Lockheed C-130H Hercules NAF911 Lagos The accident was also one of the list of factors leading to the hijacking of Nigeria Airways Flight 470, with the hijackers demanding a reinvestigation into the cause of the accident.Akinyemi Temitayo 25 October 2024 Four young Nigerians did not like an election's outcome, so they hijacked a plane https://archivi.ng/the-archivist/stories/issue-2/1993-nigeria-airways-plane-hijack 9 January 2026 archivi.ng en-GB https://web.archive.org/web/20251214010153/https://archivi.ng/the-archivist/stories/issue-2/1993-nigeria-airways-plane-hijack 14 December 2025 live References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving military aircraft Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1992 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Nigeria Category:20th century in Lagos Category:September 1992 in Africa Category:1992 disasters in Nigeria Category:Military history of Lagos