Part 4: Angola

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This plane crash takes us to the west African nation of Angola, which is located next to the following countries: Namibia, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.

WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH

  Pictured above is the plane involved in this accident, while the plane was still in service with Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (LAP)

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  Pictured above is the plane involved in this accident, while the plane was still in service with Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (LAP)

The Trans Service Airlift Lockheed L-188 crash occurred on the 18th of December 1995, when a Lockheed L-188C Electra owned by Trans Service Airlift crashed near Jamba Airport (IATA: JMB, ICAO: FNJA), Angola, the crash killed 141 passengers and crew, the flight was flying from Jamba to somewhere in northern Angola.

Trans Service Airlift (TSA) was a private company, that had it's headquarters at N'Djili International Airport (IATA: FIH, ICAO: FZAA), Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Electra, which was registered as 9 Quebec- Charlie Romeo Romeo (9Q-CRR), was a number of ageing aircraft operated by TSA, the plane was built in 1959 and it was sold to TSA in 1992, after the plane serviced with other operators.

The aircraft was carrying 139 passengers and 5 crew (144 in total, 3 people survived the crash), the plane was carrying forty more people then the plane was designed to carry, without taking cargo into account, the plane was very overweight and as a cause it crashed two minutes after it took off from Jamba Airport.

The summary of the crash was overloading which led to loss of control.

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