ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326356
| Date: | xx Feb 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Transafrik |
| Registration: | D2-EHD |
| MSN: | 4839 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D22A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Luena Airport (LUO) -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dundo Airport (DUE/FNDU) |
After taking off from Dundo, Angola, the aircraft was hit by a SAM missile fired by UNITA rebels. It was hit in the right wing and caught fire. The Canadian captain managed to get it back to the airport. Shortly after stopping, the right wing burned off. It was repaired on site with a new wing flown in.
Sources:
Hotel Hercules / Don Rogers
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 January 1993 | D2-EHD | Transafrik | 0 | near Luena Airport (LUO) | |
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| 2 January 1999 | D2-EHD | Transafrik | 9 | 80 km N of Huambo | |
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