CCCP-11747
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- November 25, 1985Accident
En route to Menongue, the aircraft was shot down by a South African special forces team with a war-booty "Strela-1" SAM on BRDM-2 chassis. The missile hit the engine n°2 and the left wing detached 47 seconds later. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a dense wooded area located near Luassingua, some 43 km east of Menongue. All 23 occupants were killed, among them Soviet and Angolan Army Officers. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by a missile.