Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Date:08 JUN 1980
Time:15:32
Type:Yakovlev 40K
Operator:TAAG Angola Airlines
Registration: D2-TYC
C/n / msn: 9721753
First flight: 1977
Engines: 3 Ivchenko AI-25
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Total:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Matala (Angola)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Took off at 15:15. At 15:32 the aircraft was shot down by a (Zambian?) MiG-19 fighter aircraft.

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Air Combat Information Group

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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.
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