| Date: | Wednesday 18 May 2005 |
| Time: | 13:28 |
| Type: |  Harbin Y-12-II |
| Owner/operator: | Zambian Air Force |
| Registration: | AF-216 |
| MSN: | 0089 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mongu Airport (MNR) -
 Zambia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mongu Airport (MNR/FLMG) |
| Lusaka Airport (LUN/FLLS) |
The Y-12 was on a mission to distribute food to a drought-stricken part of Zambia when it crashed shortly after takeoff.
Sources:
Reuters
Times of Zambia
Location
Images:
photo (c) Reinhard Schmidt, via Werner Fischdick; Johannesburg-Randgermiston Airport (QRA); June 2003
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