ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32529
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 November 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Textáfrica |
| Registration: | C9-ANS |
| MSN: | 31-143 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Chimoio Airport -
 Mozambique
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Chimoio Airport (VPY/FQCH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shot down by FPLM anti-aircraft gunners on approach to land at Chimoio Airport. All eight occupants (pilot, co pilot, and six passengers) were killed: three were Swiss nationals and the other five on board were Portuguese. According to a British Diplomatic telegram which reported on the incident:
"[the aircraft] "was shot down by Mozambique Forces, who had orders to shoot at everything flying in the area, although" [this aircraft] "had a properly cleared flight plan". The Diplomatic telegram attributed the incident to the fact that "there was a failure to co-ordinate between the military and civilian authorities"
Sources:
1. World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/showthread.php?2090-Rhodesian-COIN-(consolidated-thread-inc-original-RLI)&s=fcd16a692643c7f6cc856c8666578ffc&p=132724#post132724
Voando em Moçambique
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Aug-2010 05:46 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2011 11:32 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 09-May-2015 20:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2017 19:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2018 08:23 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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