What the records say
- When
- 27 Apr 1993
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 0.62° N, 9.31° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 30
1993 Zambia national football team plane crash
Zambian Air Force plane crash off the coast of Gabon
On the evening of 27 April 1993, a de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo transport aircraft of the Zambian Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon. The flight was carrying most of the Zambia national football team to a 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. All 25 passengers and five crew members were killed.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1993 Zambia national football team plane crash: All members of the Zambia national football team die in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Под Либревилем (Габон) разбился самолёт De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo ВВС Замбии с футбольной сборной этой страны на борту”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ガボン航空惨事”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page