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| Date: | Wednesday 10 December 2008 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 |
| Owner/operator: | Burkina Faso Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fada N'Gourma Airport (FNG/DFEF), Fada N'Gourma Dept., Gourma Province -
 Burkina Faso
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 was executing an aerial maneuver as a preparation for an airshow, when it failed to gain height and crashed near the runway of Fada N'Gourma Airport (FNG), Fada N'Gourma Department, Gourma Province.
Two crew aboard were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article29954
https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200812100796.html
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/145407/societe/crash-d-un-avion-militaire-fada-2-morts/
https://www.pressafrik.com/Fete-de-l-independance-du-Burkina-Faso-deux-morts-dans-un-crash-d-avion-a-fada_a380.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2008 11:00 | Dmitriy | Added |
| 11-Dec-2008 22:44 | Dmitriy | Updated |
| 12-Dec-2008 12:00 | Certosino | Updated |
| 05-Aug-2013 15:51 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ] |
| 10-Nov-2014 14:20 | TB | Updated [Location, Nature, ] |
| 10-Jul-2024 06:19 | lagi | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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