| Date: | Thursday 24 January 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Force Aérienne Togolaise |
| Registration: | 5V-MAG |
| MSN: | 9803 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sarakawa -
 Togo
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | SF |
| Departure airport: | Lome Airport (LFW/DXXX) |
The President of Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935-2005), was the sole survivor when his Togolese Air Force C-47 (5V-MAG) crashed during approach near the village of Sarakawa, northern Togo. Several high-ranking military personnel died in the crash.
Later Eyadéma erected a self-aggrandizing commemoration monument at the crash-site and blamed the French government to have sabotaged his plane.
Sources:
1974 Togo plane crash (Wikipedia)
Location
Images:
photo (c) MEAUXSOONE; ?; 28 October 2008
photo (c) MEAUXSOONE; ?; 28 October 2008
photo (c) MEAUXSOONE; ?; 28 October 2008
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