Date: | September 19, 1989 |
Location: | Near Bilma, Niger |
Aircraft: | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
Reg: | N54629 |
Airline: | Union des Transportes Aeriens |
Flight No: | 772 |
Fatalities: | 171 : 171 |
While climbing through FL 350 ft., 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 Ndjamera was believed to have brought the bomb aboard. |