Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash

Accident details

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What happened

In the 1956 BOAC Argonaut accident, a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes shortly after taking off from Kano Airport, Nigeria, into a thunderstorm, killing 32 of the 38 passengers and three of the seven crew.