Date & Time:
Aug 8, 1987
Type of aircraft:
Ilyushin II-76
Registration:
5A-DKK
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Aouzou - Sebha
MSN:
0003423675
YOM:
1980
Country:
Libya
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During the evacuation of the Aouzou strip in northern Chad when Chadian insurgents recaptured the Aouzou strip and the aircraft took off under shelling, because of the resulting hurry the altimeter was not set correctly and the aircraft crashed on approach to Sebha. All occupants (several dozen people) were killed.
