| Date: | Thursday 1 September 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| Owner/operator: | United Arab Airlines - UAA |
| Registration: | YK-AAR |
| MSN: | 43097 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mpouya -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA) |
| Léopoldville-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
The DC-4 was ditched in the Congo River, 135 miles NE of the destination Léopoldville. All occupants were rescued by a Congolese tug.
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