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This crash remains the deadliest in African history, and the deadliest in terms of ground fatalities, superseded only by the intentional crashes of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 in the September 11 attacks, and thus the deadliest accident in terms of ground fatalities.
On 8 January 1996, an Air Africa Antonov An-32 aircraft (RA-26222) which had been wet-leased by Moscow Airways to Scibe Airlift crashed into a market shortly after taking off from N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing approximately 300 people (see 1996 Air Africa crash). [1]
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This crash is the world's deadliest mid-air collision, and was also the deadliest of the 1990s decade. The deadliest single-aircraft crash was the relatively little-known 1996 Air Africa crash , when on 8 January an overloaded Antonov An-32 overran the runway at Kinshasa , Zaire ; two of the six people aboard were killed, however an estimated ...
The aircraft was damaged during the raid but was repaired and returned to service with Air Afrique. It was transferred to AOM French Airlines in 1996 and re-registered as F-GTDI. On 21 December 1999, while being leased to Cubana de Aviación , the aircraft crashed in Guatemala as Flight 1216 , killing 16 of the 314 people on board and two more ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
Engine failure on approach resulted in spin and subsequent crash; pilot impairment due to alcohol ingestion [122] Charles Ulm: Australia 1934 Air pioneer, made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia Airspeed Envoy: Pacific Ocean Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead.
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