Jeddah - Lagos

On January 22, 1973 at 09:30 AM, Jeddah - Lagos experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Royal Jordanian Airlines - ALIA, with the event recorded near Kano Kano.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

202 people were known to be on board, 176 fatalities were recorded, 26 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.1%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 193, passenger fatalities: 170, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. The aircraft was completing a charter flight from Jeddah to Lagos on behalf of Nigeria Airways, carrying Nigerian pilgrims flying back home. En route, the crew was informed about bad weather in Lagos and was rerouted to Kano-Mallam Aminu Kano Airport. On final approach, the pilot-in-command encountered mist when during the last segment, control was lost. The airplane nosed down and struck the runway surface with its nose gear first. On impact, the nose gear collapsed then both main gears touched the ground and punctured the fuel tanks. Out of control, the airplane skidded on runway, lost its both left engines then made a 180 turn before coming to rest in flames. Three crew members and 23 passengers were rescued while 176 other occupants were killed. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire. Up to date, this was the worst plane crash in History.

Aircraft reference details include registration JY-ADO, MSN 20494/850, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 11.9660°, 8.5762°.