| Date: | Monday 22 December 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-72 |
| Owner/operator: | Renan |
| Registration: | ER-ACF |
| MSN: | 36572094888 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Lotarev D-36 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Abidjan and Rundu -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP) |
| Rundu Airport (NDU/FYRU) |
The Antonov went missing on a flight from Abidjan to Rundu. The plane left Abidjan at 15:25 UTC with a Rundu ETA of 07:00UTC but never arrived there. Some reports say the Angolan Air Force shot down the plane over the Atlantic.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Airclaims
Location
Images:
photo (c) Joachim Bongers, via Werner Fischdick; Oostende Airport (OST); October 1997
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