It was a dreadful week for a country with lofty ambitions to transform itself into a regional aviation hub. On October 29th a Boeing 737 of ADC Airlines, a domestic Nigerian carrier, lost control shortly after take-off from Abuja, the capital, and ploughed into a nearby field. Among the 96 dead was Muhammadu Maccido, the spiritual head of Nigeria's 70m Muslims, also known as the Sultan of Sokoto. The crash was the third big passenger-aircraft disaster in a year, coming just a month after a military plane came down, killing ten of the army's top generals.
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