Canadair C-4 North Star crash, Jun 24, 1956 (32 killed)
Canadair C-4 North Star accident on June 24, 1956 near Kano Kano, Nigeria with 32 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft encountered an unpredictable...
- Date: June 24, 1956
- Aircraft: Canadair C-4 North Star
- Location: Kano Kano, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 32
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The aircraft encountered an unpredictable thunderstorm cell after takeoff, with a sudden wind reversal, heavy rain and possibly a downdraft, and lost height and airspeed.
BOAC Canadair Argonaut G-ALHE, on a Lagos to London service via Kano and Tripoli, lost height rapidly after taking off from runway 25 at Kano in rain. It struck a tree about 1.5 miles beyond the end of the runway. Of the 45 people aboard, 32 were killed and 13 survived.