| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 17, 2006 |
| Time: | 1015 |
| Location: | Vandeikya, Nigeria |
| Operator: | Military - Nigerian Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Abuja - Obudu |
| AC Type: | Dornier 228 |
| Registration: | NAF033 |
| cn / ln: | 8229 |
| Aboard: | 18 (passengers:15 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 13 (passengers:11 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The military plane crashed en route less than 20 minutes from the end of a one-hour flight, 18 nm from its destination. Ten top ranking military officials were killed in the crash. The weather was poor at the time of the accident. |
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