Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 FEB 1982 |
| Type: | Nord 2501F Noratlas |
| Operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | 140 |
| C/n / msn: | 140 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 739 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 36 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mount Garbi (Djibouti)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Djibouti Airport (JIB/HDAM), Djibouti |
| Djibouti Airport (JIB/HDAM), Djibouti |
Struck mountain ridge.
Events:
Sources:
» Aérosteles : Lieux de mémoire aéronautique
Photos
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 Djibouti Airport to Djibouti Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Djibouti Airport to Djibouti Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN 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.
Djibouti