ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323844
| Date: | Monday 14 December 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12BP |
| Owner/operator: | Khors Air |
| Registration: | UR-11319 |
| MSN: | 4342510 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Kuito -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kuito Airport (SVP/FNKU) |
The Antonov, leased from a Ukraine company, was shot down by UNITA forces while flying at FL150. The aircraft carried relief supplies.
Sources:
Itar/TASS
Scramble 239
Washington Post
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL); July 1996
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