ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331334
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Date: | Sunday 2 November 1969 |
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Type: | Douglas DC-6A |
Owner/operator: | Joint Church Aid |
Registration: | LN-FOM |
MSN: | 45375/889 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Uli Airstrip -
Nigeria
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | São Tomé Island Airport (TMS/FPST) |
Destination airport: | Uli Airstrip |
Narrative:A DC-6 cargo plane carrying five tons of baby food and six tons of fish had just landed at Uli. At the same time Nigerian Air Force planes dropped bombs , causing a fire at the airport. The DC-6 was caught in the flames.
The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian relief effort that transported food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war from Nigeria.
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