Incident
A cargo aircraft operated by Angola Air Charter, leased from Carib Air Transport, was completing a flight from Luanda to Cafunfo. The plane carried six passengers, four crew members, and a load of various goods for the Luanda Norte Province. Shortly after takeoff from runway 24, while climbing to a height of approximately 50–60 meters, the aircraft banked right then left. It stalled and struck the ground on the right side of the runway, disintegrating upon impact. All 10 occupants were killed.
Investigation
The investigation into the crash was severely hampered by the movement of the wreckage, ordered by an Air Force official without authorization from the civil aviation authorities (DNAC). Additionally, both flight recorders were not located in the wreckage. The commission found several pieces of debris along the right side of the runway, 300–400 meters from the crash site.
Probable Cause
The commission deduced that the accident likely originated from a probable internal explosion of an unidentified foreign object. The explosion possibly occurred in the fuel storage area of the right wing. This would have caused the aircraft to dip to the right due to lack of support on the aerodynamic planes on that side, then fall at an angle of approximately 45 degrees relative to runway 24 because of asymmetry in wing weight. Greater weight on the left side may have led to a stall, as the first impact was made by the tip of the left wing striking the ground, prior to the total destruction by fire.