ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) 5V-MAG Sarakawa
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Date:Thursday 24 January 1974
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3)
Operator:Force Aérienne Togolaise
Registration: 5V-MAG
MSN: 9803
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Sarakawa (   Togo)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Official state flight
Departure airport:Lome Airport (LFW/DXXX), Togo
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The President of Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935-2005), was the sole survivor when his Togolese Air Force C-47 (5V-MAG) crashed during approach near the village of Sarakawa, northern Togo. Several high-ranking military personnel died in the crash.
Later Eyadéma erected a self-aggrandizing commemoration monument at the crash-site and blamed the French government to have sabotaged his plane.

Sources:
» 1974 Togo plane crash (Wikipedia)


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accident date: 24-01-1974
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: 5V-MAG
photo of Douglas-C-47A-5V-MAG
accident date: 24-01-1974
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: 5V-MAG
photo of Douglas-C-47A-5V-MAG
accident date: 24-01-1974
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: 5V-MAG
 
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