Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 17 December 1969 |
Type: | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
Operator: | Canairelief Air |
Registration: | CF-NAK |
MSN: | 4829 |
First flight: | 1957 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Uli Airstrip ( Nigeria)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
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.
Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.