Boeing 727-200 crash, Nov 7, 1996 (144 killed), Ejirin
Boeing 727-200 accident on November 7, 1996 near Ejirin, Lagos, Nigeria with 144 fatalities. Cause: Untidy traffic separation by the radar controller,...
- Date: November 7, 1996
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Ejirin, Lagos, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 144
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Untidy traffic separation by the radar controller, with the flight crew's error of judgment in continuing their turn to avoid the traffic as a remote cause.
An ADC Airlines Boeing 727 on a domestic flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos was vectored toward a Triax 727 by a radar controller, and its crew turned to avoid it at low speed. The aircraft stalled and rolled nose-down into the lagoon near Ejirin, disintegrating on impact and killing all 144 aboard.