Flugunfall 01 JUL 1968 einer Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation 5T-TAG - Uli Airstrip
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Datum:Montag 1 Juli 1968
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Fluggesellschaft:International Red Cross
Kennzeichen: 5T-TAG
Werknummer: 4642
Baujahr: 1956
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 1
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:Uli Airstrip (   Nigeria)
Flugphase: Landung (LDG)
Betriebsart:Frachtflug
Flug von:?
Flug nach:Uli Airstrip, Nigeria
Unfallbericht:
The Super Constellation was destroyed when it crashed short of the runway at Uli landing strip in poor weather conditions. Ten and a half tons of medicines destined for Biafra were lost.

The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian relief effort that transported food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war from Nigeria.

Informationsquelle:
» The Bulletin - Jul 6, 1968


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