Date: | Monday 26 April 1993 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-12B |
Owner/operator: | United Nations - UN |
Registration: | CCCP-11121 |
MSN: | 02348103 |
Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Luena -
Angola
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Luena Airport (LUO/FNUE) |
Destination airport: | Catumbela Airport (CBT/FNCT) |
Narrative:At FL160 the no. 1 engine was hit by a SAM missile. A forced landing had to be carried out in a field near Luena. One crewmember was killed after stepping on a mine.
The actual registration carried at the time of the accident is unknown. CCCP-11121 was cancelled from the Russian register in February 1993.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Scramble 169
Scramble 168
Location
Images:
photo (c) Gavrilov Sergey; near Luena Airport (LUO/FNUE); 22 June 1993
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick
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