| Date: | Sunday 16 January 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1329-25 JetStar II |
| Owner/operator: | Libyan Government |
| Registration: | 5A-DAR |
| MSN: | 5221 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tripoli -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | SF |
| Departure airport: | Tripoli-Okba Ben Nafi Air Base (MJI/HLLM) |
| Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG/DAAG) |
A Lockheed JetStar II jet operated for the Libyan Government, departed Tripoli, Libya on a flight to Algiers, Algeria. Three minutes after takeoff the crew failed to contact Tripoli Control. It was last noticed climbing through 7000 feet.
Authorities searched for eight days but the wreckage was not located. The fatality index is presumed.
Sources:
Ahmed M. Sanussi (e-mail 13-1-2014)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Robin Scott; in flight
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