ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323888
Date: | Friday 25 September 1998 |
Time: | |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-3 Islander |
Owner/operator: | TanaMana Aviation |
Registration: | 5Y-ANV |
MSN: | 284 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Rwenzori mountains -
Uganda
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) |
Destination airport: | Kasese Airport (KSE/HUKS) |
Narrative:Crashed in the Rwenzori mountains. Rumors say that the pilot's body showed two bullet wounds. Reports say that the passengers were on a gold buying mission to either Bunia or Kasese, carrying a large amount of cash. No money was found in the wreckage.
Sources:
Daily Monitor, August 2, 2017 Ugandan plane was on gold-buying mission (mg.co.za, 4 Oct. 1998) The East African
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