Vickers VC-10 crash, Nov 20, 1969 (87 killed), Lagos-Murt...
Vickers VC-10 accident on November 20, 1969 near Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Lagos, Nigeria with 87 fatalities. Cause: Not determined with certainty. The...
- Date: November 20, 1969
- Aircraft: Vickers VC-10
- Location: Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Lagos, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 87
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined with certainty. The flight recorder was not working. Most probably the crew were unaware of the actual altitude and let the aircraft descend below safe height without visual contact with the ground; fatigue may have contributed.
A Nigeria Airways VC10 on a London to Lagos service via Rome and Kano struck trees 13 km short of runway 19 at Lagos with its undercarriage down and flaps partly extended. All 76 passengers and 11 crew were killed, in the first fatal accident involving the type.