Adele Lorenzo, South African TV producer, was reported killed in a plane crash in Nigeria the previous night while on assignment for Africa Report. The twin-engine Boeing 737 left Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos at 7 p.m. Saturday night 22 October as Flight 210 en route to Abuja -- a trip that should have taken about 50 minutes. It carried six crew members and 111 passengers from different parts of the world, including British and US diplomats. The Nigerian Civil Aviation investigation authorities told President Obasanjo that the plane was presumed missing after it failed to give signal when it was at 13000 feet, before flying through an electrical storm. President Olusagan Obasanjo of Nigeria ordered that all flags fly at half mast, marking three days of mourning in respect to those killed in the crash.
23 October 2005
SA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01News 24,(2005),"SA TV producer dies in crash",From: News 24,[Online],Available at: www.news24.com,[Accessed : 10 October 2013]
- 02CNN,"117 killed in Nigeria plane crash",From: CNN,[Online],Available at: www.edition.cnn.com,[Accessed : 10 October 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013673
South African History Online (2011) 'SA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013673 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).
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"SA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013673. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "SA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013673.
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