Enugu – Calabar

On February 5, 1955 at 10:04 AM, Enugu – Calabar experienced a crash involving Bristol 170 Freighter, operated by West African Airways Corporation, with the event recorded near Calabar Cross River.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising at an altitude of 4,000 feet, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a dense wooded and uninhabited area located about 84 km northwest of Calabar. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 13 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VR-NAD, MSN 12779, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.9965°, 8.3335°.