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Richard Ogunderu, Kabir Adenugaa, Benneth Oluwadaisi and Kenny Rasaq-Lawal boarded the flight initially planned to fly from Lagos to Abuja containing top government officials including Rong Yiren, [2] the vice president of China, and Nigerian government officials.
The 1993 Nigerian Airways hijack was an aviation incident on October 25, 1993, involving a domestic Nigerian Airways flight. The Nigerian Airways Airbus A310-221 aircraft, flight WT-470 was en route from Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria, carrying 132 passengers and 11 crew members. [16] [17]
Netflix’s Hijack ‘93 fictionalizes the gripping true story of four young adults who hijacked a plane to protest their government’s actions.. On Oct. 25, 1993, Richard Ogunderu, Kabir Adenuga ...
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a scheduled international flight serving the route Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan.On 23 November 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 767-200ER, was hijacked [1] en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi [2] by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia. [3]
The hijacker entered the cockpit and held the captain, first officer and flight engineer hostage, demanding that the Timoci Bavadra-led government be restored after they were ousted in a military coup d'état six days earlier. After six hours, the hijacker got distracted and the flight engineer knocked him out with a bottle of whisky.
As time went on, the owners of the MT Kerala began to worry and suspected that it may have been hijacked. On January 26, 8 days after being reported missing, the oil vessel was located nearly 3,000km north off the coast of Warri, Nigeria. The 27 man crew reported that the vessel had been hijacked and robbed of its 13,000 metric tons of refined ...
Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan GCFR (9 May 1936 – 11 January 2022) was a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who served as the interim head of state of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 to 17 November 1993.
A Nigeria Airways Boeing 737-200 at the domestic apron at Ikeja Airport in July 1974. The type was first delivered to the airline in January 1973. At March 1975 () the workforce was 2,400 strong and the fleet consisted of two Boeing 707-320Cs, two Boeing 737-200s, three Fokker F28s, five Fokker F27s, and one Piper Aztec, while five F28-2000s were on order.