ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-125-800A OK-1 Cutio Bie
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Date:Sunday 7 August 1988
Type:Silhouette image of generic H25B model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
British Aerospace BAe-125-800A
Operator:Botswana Government
Registration: OK-1
MSN: 258112
First flight: 1988
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:near Cutio Bie (   Angola)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Official state flight
Departure airport:Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE/FBSK), Botswana
Destination airport:Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU), Angola
Narrative:
A BAe-125 owned by the Botswana Government was carrying the President of Botswana, J.K. Quett Masire, and his staff to a meeting in Luanda. An Angolan MiG-23 Flogger pilot fired two R-60 (AA-8 Aphid) missiles at the plane. One missile hit the no. 2 engine, causing it to fall off the aircraft. The second missile then hit the falling engine. The captain of the business jet was incapacitated when the cabin steward was blown forward, onto him. The co-pilot made a successful emergency landing on a bush strip at Cutio Bie.

Sources:
» Aircraft Downed During the Cold War and Thereafter / David Lednicer


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Distance from Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport to Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport as the crow flies is 2196 km (1373 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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