| Date: | Tuesday 8 November 1983 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2M2 |
| Owner/operator: | TAAG Angola Airlines |
| Registration: | D2-TBN |
| MSN: | 22775/869 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 130 / Occupants: 130 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | 1 km from Lubango Airport (SDD) -
 Angola
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lubango Airport (SDD/FNUB) |
| Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU) |
The aircraft climbed to an altitude of 200 feet after takeoff but started to descend and turned left. The wingtip struck the ground causing the aircraft to crash, bursting into flames, 800 m past the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Technical failure according to Angolan authorities. Guerrilla (UNITA) rebels in the area however, claimed to have shot down the aircraft with a SAM missile.
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