What the records say
- When
- 14 May 1977
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 15.33° S, 28.40° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 6
1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash
1977 cargo plane crash in Lusaka, Zambia
The 1977 Dan-Air/IAS Cargo Boeing 707 crash was a fatal accident involving a Boeing 707 cargo aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on behalf of International Aviation Services Limited, which had been sub-contracted by Zambia Airways Corporation to operate a weekly scheduled all-cargo service between London Heathrow and the Zambian capital Lusaka via Athens and Nairobi.
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