1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash

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On 26 September 1992, a Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules crashed three minutes after take-off from Lagos, Nigeria. All 159 people on board were killed, including 8 foreign nationals. The aircraft was taking off at high weight and three of its four engines failed. A total of 151 Nigerians, 5 Ghanaians, 1 Tanzanian, 1 Zimbabwean, and 1 Ugandan military officers were confirmed to have died. This is the deadliest crash of a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The accident was also one of the list of factors leading to the hijacking of Nigeria Airways Flight 470, with the hijackers demanding a reinvestigation into the cause of the accident.

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