Date: | Thursday 8 May 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter |
Owner/operator: | Nordchurchaid |
Registration: | N52679 |
MSN: | 16710 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Uli Airstrip -
Nigeria
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Uli Airstrip |
Narrative:The Boeing C-97G transport plane was damaged beyond repair in a belly landing at Uli Airstrip, Nigeria. All crew members survived, but the plane was later destroyed by Nigerian rockets, fired from a MiG-17 airplane.
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.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
St. Joseph News-Press - May 10, 1969 Location
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