261 : On July 11 , 1991 , Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 , a Douglas DC-8-61 aircraft operated by Nationair Canada , crashed in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia , after two tires ignited upon takeoff , leading to an in-flight fire . All 247 passengers and 14 crew members were killed . It is the deadliest aviation accident involving a DC-8 , the largest aviation disaster involving a Canadian-registered aircraft and the second-worst accident in Saudi Arabia
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
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