Besides being famous for housing a popular tourist attraction where warm
and cold springs meet, Ikogosi happens to be the first place where a
plane crash incident occurred in Nigeria.
How did the crash happen?
The 2nd world war was ongoing when a cargo plane which was carrying arms
and ammunition (including explosives) crashed at Igbo Ilapa in Ikogosi.
The explosives made the crash a fatal one as they kept exploding for
hours.
First Plane Crash In NIgeria
This set the whole of Igbo Ilapa, now called Igbo Baalu (forest of
aeroplane), on fire and destroyed every living and non-living thing in
the environment. OldNaija gathered that the pilot, with great efforts,
manoeuvred the plane to crash on the forest-cloaked hill instead of the
quiet town which would have left many people dead and several properties
destroyed.
Till this very moment, two hole-riddled engines and other body parts of the plane can still be found on the hill.
And for Nigerian owned plane, the first crash was recorded on the 20th
of November, 1969. The plane, DC-10, was owned by the government. The
plane took off in London and crash-landed in Lagos. 82 people, including
the plane crew, died in the crash.
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