ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323747
| Date: | Wednesday 12 May 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Avita Servicos Aéreos |
| Registration: | D2-FBN |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 30 km from Luzamba -
 Angola
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Luzamba Airport (LZM/FNLZ) |
| Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Antonov 26, owned by Volga Atlantic Airlines, was operating on a domestic flight on behalf of Avita Servicos Aéreos of Angola. The crew were forced to carry out a crash-landing after one of the engines was hit by a UNITA-missile. The Russian crewmembers Alexander Zaitsev, Sergei Zakharov and Sergei Chesnokov were seized by UNITA.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Itar/TASS
Scramble 243
UN
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