Crash of a Lockheed L-382G Hercules near Huambo: 9 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 2, 1999
Registration:
D2-EHD
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Huambo - Luanda
MSN:
4839
YOM:
1980
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Huambo-Albano Machado Airport, while climbing, the four engine aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile and crashed about 20 km north of the airport near the village of Alto Chyumbu. All nine occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a UNITA surface-to-air missile.
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