A timeline of Nigeria Air Force crashes

A Nigerian Air Force plane carrying 25 military and civilian passengers crashed in southwestern Ondo state on Monday, killing all on board.
The accident was one of the worst air diasters in the country in recent years.
Here are some major air crashes involving the Air Force in Africa’s most populous nation, which has one of the strongest militaries on the continent.
– 1980 –
A Fokker F27 aircraft travelling from Lagos to the neighbouring island nation of Sao Tome crashed in Forcados in southern Delta state on May 26, killing all 30 people aboard. It was carrying a Nigerian delegation comprising government officials, army officers and journalists when it came down.
1992 –
A Loc...