UTA Flight 772
1989 bombing of a French airliner in eastern Niger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled international passenger flight of the French airline Union de Transports Aériens (UTA) operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of the Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, which crashed into the Ténéré desert near Bilma, Niger, on 19 September 1989 with the loss of all 170 people on board, after an in-flight explosion caused by a suitcase bomb. It is the deadliest aviation incident to occur in Niger.
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Date | 19 September 1989 |
Summary | In-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing |
Site | Ténéré, Niger 16.86493°N 11.953712°E / 16.86493; 11.953712 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
Operator | Union des Transports Aériens (UTA) |
IATA flight No. | UT772 |
Registration | N54629 (United States), F-BTDF (France) |
Flight origin | Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo |
Stopover | N'Djamena Int'l. Airport, N'Djamena, Chad |
Destination | Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France |
Occupants | 170 |
Passengers | 156 |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 170 |
Survivors | 0 |
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