Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 FEB 1979 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK |
| Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AFW |
| C/n / msn: | 16681/33429 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10566 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Barentu (Eritrea)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed after bomb explosion.
Sources:
» Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
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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.
