- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 11, 1974 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Near Ouagadougou, Upper Volta |
Operator: | Air Mali |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Bamako, Mali - Kano, Nigeria |
AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-18B |
Registration: | TZ-ABE |
cn / ln: | 181003304 |
Aboard: | 60 (passengers:50 crew:10) |
Fatalities: | 47 (passengers:39 crew:8) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed after running out of fuel. After being diverted because of bad weather, a navigation error caused the crew to circle the wrong city. |
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