UTA Flight 772

When

19 Sep 1989

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

16.86° N, 11.95° E

Description

UTA Flight 772 explodes over Niger, killing all 171 people on board (the Islamic Jihad Organization claims responsibility).

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, UTA Flight 772.

UTA Flight 772 explodes over Niger, killing all 171 people on board (the Islamic Jihad Organization claims responsibility)

1989 bombing of a French airliner in eastern Niger

UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled international passenger flight of the French airline Union de Transports Aériens (UTA) operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of the Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine McDonnell Douglas DC-10 der französischen Union de Transports Aériens explodiert durch einen Bombenanschlag in der Luft über Niger”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “attentat contre un DC-10 français d’UTA qui explose au-dessus du Niger, provoquant 171 morts”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “катастрофа рейса 772 французской авиакомпании Union de transports aériens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El Vuelo 772 de UTA se estrella en el desierto del sáhara a consecuencia de una explosión en pleno vuelo, no quedan sobrevivientes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “法国联合航空772号班机在尼日尔上空被炸毁，机上170人全部遇难。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “UTA航空772便爆破事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page