| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 10, 1948 |
| Time: | 0833 |
| Location: | Kano, Nigeria |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Lagos - Kano - Algiers - Paris |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Registration: | F-BBDC |
| cn / ln: | 42935 |
| Aboard: | 6 (passengers:0 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Following the failure of the starter on engine number one, the crew was unable to restart this engine and received the authorization to perform an empty leg back to Paris for maintenance purposes. During the takeoff roll in Kano Airport, the aircraft went out of control and veered off runway before colliding with a BOAC technical hangar. A crew member was killed while five others were injured. The crew failed to follow the pre-flight checklist and did not realized the nose wheel was not configured for the takeoff procedure. |
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