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This plane crash takes us to the South African country of South Africa, which is located next to the following countries: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Mozambique and Lesotho.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the accident aircraft.
On the 19th of October 1986, a Tupolev Tu-134, registered as Charlie 9- Charlie Alpha Alpha (C9-CAA), jetliner that was on a flight from Maputo International Airport (IATA: MPM, ICAO: FQMA), Maputo, Mozambique, it had a stopover at Lusaka International Airport (IATA: LUN, ICAO: FLKK), Zambia, it had another stopover at Mbala Airport (IATA: MMQ, ICAO: FLBA), Zambia and then the flight was to head back to Maputo, the plane was had a soviet crew and the plane was carrying President Samora Machel and 43 others from Mbala Airport, Zambia to the Mozambican capital of Maputo, the plane crashed at Mbuzini, South Africa, nine passengers and one crew member (10 in total) survived the crash, but President Machel and 33 others died in the crash, including several ministers and senior officials of the Mozambican Government.
Shortly after 21:18pm local time, the plane reached 3,000 feet, in it's descent and the crew informed ATC that they were maintaining this altitude, however the plane continued to descend, the ILS system was out of service, so the ATC controller changed it to a visual approach to Runway 05, during that time, the distance to Maputo was 25 to 30 kilometres, the crew noticed that the runway was not lit, around 21:21pm local time, the plane was 18 to 20 kilometres from Maputo, the crew requested the controller to check the runway lights, upon reaching an altitude of 2,611 feet, the GPWS sounded and remained on as the descent continued, the aircraft first impacted terrain at 21:21:39pm local time, approximately 65 kilometres west of Maputo in a hilly region at an elevation of 2,185 feet, at the time of the crash, it was a very dark night, a few minutes before moonrise, the last weather report passed onto the plane indicated 10 kilometres of visibility with 3/8 cloud cover at 1,800 feet.
The summary of the crash was Controlled Flight into Terrain due to lack of crew resource management and pilot error, (possible intervention by South African troops)- disputed.
Pictured below is sections from the wreckage that are now part of the memorial Samora Machel Monument.
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