On 22 January 1973, a Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crashed at Kano International Airport while attempting to land in high winds.

[1] The aircraft involved in the accident was a 2-year-old Boeing 707-3D3C, JY-ADO, owned by Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines, operating on behalf of Nigeria Airways.

Due to bad weather conditions at Lagos, the pilots had to divert the flight to Kano.

[6] The pilots had to make a second landing attempt due to low visibility from haze and a harmattan.

At the time it was the deadliest aviation accident,[9] a distinction it only held for about 14 months until Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in France, killing 346 people.