Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 MAR 1986 |
| Time: | 10:15 |
| Type: | Antonov 26 |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Populular de Libertação de Moçambique |
| Registration: | 042 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 41 / Occupants: 46 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 49 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Pemba Airport (POL) (Mozambique)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pemba Airport (POL/FQPB), Mozambique |
| Maputo International Airport (MPM/FQMA), Mozambique |
The Antonov crashed while trying to turn back to Pemba following a malfunction on board.
Sources:
» Lloyds List
» Soviet Transports
» The Chronicle Telegram 31-3-1986
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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 Pemba Airport to Maputo International Airport as the crow flies is 1654 km (1034 miles).
Distance from Pemba Airport to Maputo International Airport as the crow flies is 1654 km (1034 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.
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