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Air Guicango Embraer 120ER plane crash
Cuílo, Angola

Air Guicango Embraer 120ER plane crash - Cuílo, Angola

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Cuílo, AngolaThe Embraer EMB-120 operated by Air Guicango took off from Dundo, Angola, for a medical flight to Luanda, Angola. 4 passengers and 3 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed around 20 minutes after takeoff. All 7 occupants were killed.

The twin-engine EMB-120 was carrying three crew members, two medics, a company employee and a South African patient, suffering malaria symptoms. The plane was enroute about 15 minutes into the flight when the crew declared emergency reporting an engine failure followed by fire. About 5 minutes later, radio contact was lost. The wreckage was found the following day at 320 km (175 NM) from Dundo. There was no survivor.

Aircraft similar to the one which crashed (Embraer 120ER)
Aircraft similar to the one which crashed (Embraer 120ER)
Cuílo, Angola
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