Fokker F27 Friendship crash, May 26, 1980 (30 killed), Fo...

Fokker F27 Friendship accident on May 26, 1980 near Forcados, Delta, Nigeria with 30 fatalities.

On 26 May 1980 a Nigerian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship 400M (NAF904) flying a government delegation from Lagos to Sao Tome went out of control in thunderstorm activity, entered a dive and crashed into the Gulf of Guinea a few kilometres off Forcados. All 30 occupants were killed.

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