ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154690
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 January 1986 |
| Time: | 19:20 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350 B Écureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Air-Glaciers |
| Registration: | F-GEAM |
| MSN: | 1689 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 190 km east of Tombouctou -
 Mali
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Niamey, Niger (NIM/DRRN) |
| Gourma-Rharous Oasis, Mali | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Encountered a sandstorm and landed approximately 9 km from the Gourma-Rharous Oasis, 190 km east of Tombouctou, Mali. Crashed into a 30 meter high dune, a few minutes after it took off again. Thierry Sabine (the founder of Rallye Paris-Dakar, aged 36) was one of the five persons on board who was killed. Also killed onboard was the singer-songwriter Daniel Balavoine, helicopter pilot François-Xavier Bagnoud, journalist Nathalie Odent and Jean-Paul Lefur, who was a radiophonic engineer for RTL.
Sources:
1. http://www.aerosteles.net/fiche.php?code=gourma-ecureuil
2. Hamburger Abendblatt 16.1.1986, p1+22
3. Hamburger Abendblatt 21.1.1986, p16
4. http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=3580
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2013 17:16 | TB | Added |
| 04-Apr-2013 18:41 | TB | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2013 19:07 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source] |
| 27-Jun-2014 23:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2014 02:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2017 16:46 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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