Date: | Tuesday 7 October 1997 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 |
Owner/operator: | Lina Congo |
Registration: | TN-ACP |
MSN: | 11072 |
Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 555-15 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV) -
Congo
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:Struck by a rocket near the right hand forward door. The rocket didn't explode, but a fire erupted, causing severe damage to the forward fuselage.
The wings were later hit by machine-gun fire during fightings near Brazzaville.
Sources:
Airnieuws 339 (p. 26)
Scramble 230
Location
Images:
photo (c) Schnell; Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV); 1997
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Rotterdam Airport (RTM); April 1995
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