Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 5X-UVL,
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Date:Sunday 30 January 1977
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
Owner/operator:Uganda Police Air Wing
Registration: 5X-UVL
MSN: 157
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:11 mi into territory of Sudan -   Sudan
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Kidepo-Valley National Park
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Damaged in forced landing 11 km into territory of Sudan due to fuel exhaustion. Aircraft with 18 british hunters and four crew members on the way to big-game hunting. WFU/stored after accident; current as N64116/Twin Otter International in disassembled state.

Sources:

Hamburger Abendblatt 31.1.1977, p1
http://www.twinotterarchive.com/DHC-6_157.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Apr-2013 13:02 TB Added
06-May-2016 16:11 TB Updated [Source]

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