Nigeria Airways Flight 9805

Nigeria Airways Flight 9805
	250px 5N-ABK, the aircraft involved in the accident, is seen here at Manston Airport in 1993
Accident summary
Date	19 December 1994
Summary	In-flight fire
Site	near Kiri Kasama, Nigeria
Passengers	2
Crew	3
Injuries (non-fatal)	2
Fatalities	3
Survivors	2
Aircraft type	Boeing 707-3F9C
Operator	Nigeria Airways
Registration	5N-ABK
Flight origin	King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Destination	Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria

Nigeria Airways Flight 9805 was a cargo flight from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria. On 19 December 1994, the Boeing 707-3F9C flying the route suffered an in-flight fire and crashed into a marshland near Kiri Kasama, Hadeija LGA, Nigeria. One of the two crew members and both passengers died. The investigation determined that a heat generating substance was the probable cause.^[1]