What the records say
- When
- 24 Jan 1974
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 9.62° N, 1.07° E
- Description
- 1974 aviation accident in Togo
- Deaths
- 4
1974 Togolese Air Force C-47 crash
1974 aviation accident in Togo
On 24 January 1974, a Togo Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain carrying several notable political figures crashed at an isolated location near the village of Sarakawa in northern Togo. Gnassingbé Eyadéma, the President of Togo, was on board the aircraft, which was flying from Lomé to his native village, Pya. As the C-47 descended for landing, it crashed near Sarakawa.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le président de la république du Togo Gnassingbé Eyadema sort indemne de l’accident de l’avion présidentiel à Sarakawa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page