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Aviation Development Company Airlines (ADC) Flight 53 was a 23-year-old aircraft from ADC that crashed shortly after take-off at Abuja Airport, Nigeria. The plane crashed around noon local time (6 a.m. ET) shortly after take-off from the airport. It carried more than 100 passengers. The Sultan of Sokoto Mohammadu Maccido, the sultan's son, Muhammed Maccido, a senator, and Abdulrahman Shehu Shagari, son of former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari, are on the list of passengers on board. ^[1] Seven people survived the crash. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium-range, narrowbody commercial passenger jet aircraft. ... ADC Airlines is an airline based in Lagos, Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Wikinews-logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... ADC Airlines is an airline based in Lagos, Nigeria. ... Abuja, estimated population 2,5 Mil. ... The Sokoto Caliph was the ruler of the Sokoto Caliphate. ... Ibrahim Muhammadu Maccido dan Abu Bakar (1928 - 29 October 2006) was the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, the ruler of the Sokoto State in northern Nigeria. ... Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, Turakin Sakkwato (born May 25, 1925) was the President of Nigerias ill-fated Second Republic (1979 - 1983), after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjos caretaker government. ...

The plane was heading for Sokoto, a Northern Nigerian State. Sokoto (which is the modern/anglicised version of the local name, Sakkwato; also known as Sakkwato, Birnin Shaihu da Bello or Sokoto, Capital of Shaihu and Bello) is a city located in the Northwestern region of Nigeria, and is the modern day capital of Sokoto State (and its predecessor, the...

Nigerian airliners have had 11 crashes since 1995 killing more than 500 people.^[2] The last crash involving ADC happened in November 1996 where 146 people were killed when a Boeing 727 went down. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Boeing 727 is a large, single-aisle (narrow-body) commercial jet airliner carrying as many as 189 passengers. ...

Notes

1. ^ http://cbs3.com/topstories/topstories_story_302082204.html
2. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/29/nigeria.crash/index.html

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