Nigeria Airways Flight 250
A Fokker F28 Fellowship similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 28, 1983 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error in poor weather |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F28 Fellowship 2000 |
| Operator | Nigeria Airways |
| IATA flight No. | WT250 |
| ICAO flight No. | NGA250 |
| Call sign | NIGERIAN 250 |
| Registration | 5N-ANF |
| Flight origin | Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Destination | Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria |
| Occupants | 72 |
| Passengers | 66 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 53 |
| Survivors | 19 |
Nigeria Airways Flight 250 was a domestic Nigerian flight from Ikeja to Enugu that crashed at 11:13 a.m. on the morning of November 28, 1983. On approach to Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, the Fokker F28 Fellowship 2000 crashed into a cassava field 3.3 km from the runway. 53 of the 72 people on board the plane were killed, making the crash the fourth-deadliest aviation accident in Nigeria at the time.