In 1992, a Zambian air force plane carrying Zambia's national football team crashed into the Atlantic off Gabon killing all 30 aboard.

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Keshi made big changes after Nigeria failed to qualify for last year's event in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon -- a turbulent period for the national team, which was suspended from international football by President Goodluck Jonathan before world ruling body FIFA threatened to intervene.

CNN: Third African soccer title for Nigeria