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Airline Transport Company Ilyushin IL-76TD plane crash

Mwanza, Tanzania

Key facts

Airline
Airline Transport Company
Aircraft
Ilyushin IL-76TD
Location
Mwanza, Tanzania
Date
23rd March, 2005
People on board
8
Fatalities
8

Accident account

The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Mwanza Airport to Khartoum (Sudan), carrying fish fillet, when it plunged into Lake Victoria shortly after take-off. All the crew members were killed.

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Accident location

The aircraft (Ilyushin IL-76TD)

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