Fernando Po - Uli

On June 5, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Fernando Po - Uli experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-7, operated by Transair Sweden, with the event recorded near Eket Akwa Ibom.

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The aircraft departed Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea) on a humanitarian flight to Uli, carrying various goods on behalf of the International Red Cross Committee of the Red Cross. While in cruising altitude, the four engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Nigerian Air Force MiG-17 and crashed. All four crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration SE-ERP, MSN 45401/872, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.6360°, 7.9575°.