Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 MAR 1991 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Operator: | Transafrik |
| Registration: | CP-1564 |
| C/n / msn: | 4833 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison 501-D22A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 32 km (20 mls) from Malanje (Angola) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Luanda Airport (LAD/FNLU), Angola |
| ? |
Shot down by a SAM missile, while in cruise at FL170.
Sources:
» Scramble Vol.12, nr.12
» Krant op Zondag 24.03.1991 (p.11)
» Scramble Vol.12, nr.11
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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.
