| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 19, 1989 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Location: | Near Bilma, Niger |
| Operator: | Union des Transportes Aeriens |
| Flight #: | 772 |
| Route: | N'Djamena - Paris |
| AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Registration: | N54629 |
| cn / ln: | 46852/125 |
| Aboard: | 171 (passengers:156 crew:15) |
| Fatalities: | 171 (passengers:156 crew:15) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While climbing through FL 350, 46 minutes after takeoff, a bomb exploded in a container in location 13-R in the forward cargo hold. The aircraft disintegrated and crashed into the desert. A Congolese man, who boarded at Brazzaville and disembarked at Ndjamena was believed to have brought the bomb aboard. |
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