ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323888
| Date: | Friday 25 September 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-3 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | TanaMana Aviation |
| Registration: | 5Y-ANV |
| MSN: | 284 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rwenzori mountains -
 Uganda
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) |
| Kasese Airport (KSE/HUKS) |
Crashed in the Rwenzori mountains. Rumors say that the pilot's body showed two bullet wounds. Reports say that the passengers were on a gold buying mission to either Bunia or Kasese, carrying a large amount of cash. No money was found in the wreckage.
Sources:
Daily Monitor, August 2, 2017
Ugandan plane was on gold-buying mission (mg.co.za, 4 Oct. 1998)
The East African
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