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
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Luzamba Airport (LZM/FNLZ) |
Destination airport: | Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative: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
Location
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