| Date: | Sunday 11 August 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18V |
| Owner/operator: | Air Mali |
| Registration: | TZ-ABE |
| MSN: | 181003304 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 60 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Linoghin -
 Burkina Faso
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Bamako Airport (BKO/GABS) |
| Niamey Airport (NIM/DRRN) |
The Il-18 departed Bamako (BKO), Mali on a flight to Mecca via Niamey (NIM) and Kano (KAN), Nigeria. The crew of the Il-18 diverted to Ouagadougou (OUA) because of bad weather at the Niamey. Presumably a navigational error was made, causing the crew to circle the wrong town. The aircraft ran out of fuel and a forced landing was carried out.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Location
Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG); May 1962
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