Date: | Wednesday 17 December 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
Owner/operator: | Canairelief Air |
Registration: | CF-NAK |
MSN: | 4829 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Uli Airstrip -
Nigeria
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Bombed by Nigerian aircraft. Five Biafrans were killed in the attack.
The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian relief effort that transported food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war from Nigeria.
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