ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325341
| Date: | Saturday 23 January 1993 |
| 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
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Luena Airport (LUO/FNUE) |
Shortly after takeoff from Luena, Angola, the no. 3 engine was hit by an RPG (rocket propelled grenade) fired by UNITA rebels. The no. 3 propeller was blown off but the aircraft landed safely back at Luena. It was ferried to Luanda and then on to Lisbon, Portugal for repairs.
Sources:
Hotel Hercules / Don Rogers
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1970 | 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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