Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 MAY 1981 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules |
| Operator: | TAAG Angola Airlines |
| Registration: | D2-EAS |
| C/n / msn: | 4830 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison 501-D22A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Menongue (Angola) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Menongue Airport (SPP/FNME), Angola |
Shot down by a heat-seeking missile whilst approaching Menongue.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
