Criminal Occurrence
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 24 FEV 1985 |
| Heure: | ca 17:30 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Dornier 228-100 |
| Compagnie: | Alfred Wegener Institut |
| Immatriculation: | D-IGVN |
| Numéro de série: | 7039 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1984 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | S of Dakhla, West Sahara (Maroc)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Convoyage |
| Aéroport de départ: | Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR/GOOY), Sénégal |
| Lanzarote Airport (ACE/GCRR), Espagne |
The Dornier 228 named "Polar 3" was on a return flight (together with Do-228 "Polar 2") to Germany following a South Pole expedition. Both aircraft departed Dakar around 14:45 for a flight to Arrecife, Canary Islands. Last radio contact with Polar 3 was around 17:30. While overflying the Western Sahara, 5 minutes behind Polar 2 and at a lower altitude, Polar 3 was shot down by Frente Polisario guerrillas. They probably though the plane in question was a Moroccan spy plane. The Western Sahara territory was fully annexed by Morocco in 1979. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 cease-fire; a referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed.
Sources:
» Luchtvaartwereld nr.1, 1986 (p.19-20)
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Dakar-Yoff Airport et Lanzarote Airport est de 1620 km (1013 miles).
La distance entre Dakar-Yoff Airport et Lanzarote Airport est de 1620 km (1013 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
