1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash

When

19 Oct 1986

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

25.91° S, 31.96° E

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

34

Injured

10

1986 aviation accident in South Africa

On 19 October 1986, a Tupolev Tu-134 jetliner with a Soviet crew carrying President Samora Machel and 43 others from Mbala, Zambia to the Mozambican capital Maputo crashed at Mbuzini, South Africa. Nine passengers and one crew member survived the crash, but President Machel and 33 others died, including several ministers and senior officials of the Mozambican government.

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