As he did so, his radar picked up the Big Ugly aircraft through which his flight had barreled on the way to the refinery complex.
The raid caused serious damage to the refinery complex, but losses were very high - fifty-four aircraft and 532 crew members were lost.
The entire refinery complex is expected to attain full capacity shortly.
An oil $27bn refinery complex is planned to be built in the EZ and operational by 2017.
The refinery had a capacity of 635,000 b/d in 1980 and formed a refinery complex with important petrochemical plants.
It would, once finished, be the biggest zinc smelter and refinery complex in the world.
Several miles behind another fireball rose out of the refinery complex.
The refinery complex for producing bauxite is located in Damanjodi.
Hobbled by a debilitating stroke, he ordered the construction in 1996 of what remains the world's largest refinery complex built as a single project.
The refinery complex here, which includes a 350-megawatt power plant and two chemical plants, shows signs of both.