Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 NOV 1969 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
| Operator: | Biafran Government |
| Registration: | 5N-85H |
| C/n / msn: | 2662 |
| First flight: | 1951 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Oukaimeden mountains (Morocco)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Faro Airport (FAO/LPFR), Portugal |
| São Tomé Island Airport (TMS/FPST), Sao Tome and Principe |
The Constellation was flying munition to Sao Tome and crashed into mountains after 3 engines failed. The wreckage was found July 1970.
Sources:
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Faro Airport to São Tomé Island Airport as the crow flies is 4315 km (2697 miles).
Distance from Faro Airport to São Tomé Island Airport as the crow flies is 4315 km (2697 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
