Date: | Thursday 24 January 1974 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Force Aérienne Togolaise |
Registration: | 5V-MAG |
MSN: | 9803 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Sarakawa -
Togo
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | SF |
Departure airport: | Lome Airport (LFW/DXXX) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The President of Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935-2005), was the sole survivor when his Togolese Air Force C-47 (5V-MAG) crashed during approach near the village of Sarakawa, northern Togo. Several high-ranking military personnel died in the crash.
Later Eyadéma erected a self-aggrandizing commemoration monument at the crash-site and blamed the French government to have sabotaged his plane.
Sources:
1974 Togo plane crash (Wikipedia) Location
Images:
photo (c) MEAUXSOONE; ?; 28 October 2008
photo (c) MEAUXSOONE; ?; 28 October 2008
photo (c) MEAUXSOONE; ?; 28 October 2008
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