The Crash of 5N-ABD
5N-ABD had only been in service with Nigeria Airways for 3 months when it became the first VC10 to be written off. A fourteen page accident investigation report into the crash north of Lagos at 7:30am on 20 November 1969 left the precise cause a mystery. It assumed that the pilot had allowed his aircraft to come below a safe height when not in visual contact with the ground. The aircraft plunged into palm trees eight and a half miles from touch down, killing all 76 passengers and 11 crew.
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