So these are plane crashes from around the world, but it's only for the countries that had a true crime case, if you don't see a plane crash in here, check my True crime from around the world book.
Warning, this book contains plane crashes and video...
This plane crash takes us to the Central African country of Burundi, which is located next to the following countries: Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE SHOOTDOWN AND A PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the type of aircraft involved in this accident.
On the evening of the 6th of April 1994, the aircraft, a Dassault Falcon 50, registered as 9 Xray Romeo- November November (9XR-NN), was carrying the Rwandan President, who was Juvénal Habyarimana and it was also carrying the Burundian President, who was Cyprien Ntaryamira, the plane was shot down with a surface to air missile as their plane was preparing to land at Kigali International Airport (IATA: KGL, ICAO: HRYR), Kigali, Rwanda, the assassination set in motion the Rwandan genocide, which is one of the bloodiest events of the late 20th century.
A surface to air missile struck one of the wings of the Dassault Falcon, then a second missile hit the Dassault Falcon's tail, the plane then erupted into flames in mid air before it crashed into the garden of the Presidential Palace, the plane exploded on impact and all on board the plane were killed in the crash.
The summary of the crash was shot down by a surface to air missile.
