Accident description
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| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 MAY 1972 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | DTA-Direcção de Exploração dos Transp. Aéreos |
| Registration: | CR-LLD |
| C/n / msn: | 10439 |
| First flight: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3828 |
| Cycles: | 3224 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 25 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) off Lobito (Angola) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Luanda Airport (LAD/FNLU), Angola |
| Lobito Airport (FNLB), Angola |
Crashed into the sea when approaching Lobito in conditions below visual minima. The airplane operated on a domestic flight from Luanda (LAD) to Sá da Bandeira (now Lubango).
Events:
Sources:
» Willem Wendt
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 Luanda Airport (LAD/FNLU) to Lobito Airport (FNLB) as the crow flies is 390 km (244 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.
Distance from Luanda Airport (LAD/FNLU) to Lobito Airport (FNLB) as the crow flies is 390 km (244 miles).
