| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | miércoles 12 mayo 1999 |
| Tipo: |  Antonov An-26 |
| Operado por: | Avita Servicos Aéreos |
| Alquilado a : | Volga Atlantic Airlines |
| Registración: | D2-FBN |
| Numéro de série: | |
| Año de Construcción: | 1980 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 30 km (18.8 milles) de Luzamba ( Angola)
|
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Luzamba Airport (LZM/FNLZ), Angola |
| Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU), Angola |
An Antonov 26, owned by Volga Atlantic Airlines, was operating on a domestic flight on behalf of Avita Servicos Aéreos of Angola. The crew were forced to carry out a crash-landing after one of the engines was hit by a UNITA-missile. The Russian crewmembers Alexander Zaitsev, Sergei Zakharov and Sergei Chesnokov were seized by UNITA.
Fuentes:
» ICAO Adrep» Itar/TASS
» Scramble 243
» UN
Fotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Luzamba Airport to Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport as the crow flies is 528 km (330 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Luzamba Airport to Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport as the crow flies is 528 km (330 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
