ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330382
| Date: | Sunday 10 September 1972 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-ABQ |
| MSN: | 4325 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 28615 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gondar -
 Ethiopia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Axum Airport (AXU/HAAX) |
| Gondar Airport (GDQ/HAGN) |
The DC-3 was operating on a flight from Asmara to Addis Ababa via Axum, Gondar and Bahar Dar.
The aircraft crashed 35 min. after takeoff when the right wing separated from the fuselage.
Sources:
Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
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