- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 15, 1960
Time: 2257
Location: Jebel Marra, Sudan
Operator: Balair
Flight #: ?
Route: Niamey - Khartoum
AC Type: Douglas DC-4-1009
Registration: HB-ILA
cn / ln: 43072
Aboard: 12   (passengers:5  crew:7)
Fatalities: 12   (passengers:5  crew:7)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into 8,000 ft. Mt. Marra. Navigation error by the crew who were using an astrofix to estimate their position.
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