Tag: 170 Fatalities Aviation Disaster
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On This Day In 1989, UTA Flight 772 vanished over the Sahara after a suitcase bomb tore apart a DC-10 at 35,000 feet, killing 170
On September 19, 1989, UTA Flight 772 was operating from Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo to Paris, with a scheduled stop at N’Djamena, Chad. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, registration N54629, carrying 156 passengers and 14 crew members. After completing its stop at N’Djamena, the aircraft departed at about 13:13 local…
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