Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 DEC 1989 |
| Type: | IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-9 Islander |
| Operator: | Aviation Sans Frontières |
| Registration: | F-OGSM |
| C/n / msn: | 688 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Aweil (South Sudan)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Aweil Airport (HSAW), South Sudan |
| ? |
Shot down using a SAM-7. The BN-2 had received takeoff clearance and had just departed from Aweil.
Sources:
» Aviation Sans Frontières
» BAAA-ACRO
» Thomas Brügge
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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.
