D2-TYC

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • June 8, 1980Accident

    17 minutes after its takeoff from Jamba Airport, while in cruising altitude, the three engine airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Zambian Shenyang J-6 fighter plane. Out of control, it entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Matala. All 29 occupants were killed. Angolan authorities confirmed the aircraft was shot down by mistake. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by the pilot of a Zambian Shenyang J-6 fighter plane.

    Yakovlev Yak-40 · 29 fatalities