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Immediately after the accident, three automatic weapons were found in the wreckage. To counter a rumour that a fight between a prisoner and two guards caused the crash, a ballistics expert was consulted. It was learned that none of the weapons had been recently fired.
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1100:November 1969 events in Africa
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647:Associated Aviation Flight 361
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131:Kano International Airport
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433:"Nigeria Report Soon?"
339:"First VC-10 accident"
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502:Before 1990
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181:Survivors
149:Occupants
144:, Nigeria
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