Faro – São Tomé – Uli

On November 28, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Faro – São Tomé – Uli experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-749 Constellation, operated by Biafran Government, with the event recorded near Oukaïmeden Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a cargo flight from Faro to Uli with an intermediate stop in São Tomé with ammunition on board. While overflying Morocco by night, the crew encountered engine problems and informed ATC they want to divert to the nearest airport. The aircraft lost altitude then struck the slope of Mt Tibhirine located near the Mt Toubkal, south of Oukaïmeden, in the Atlas range. All SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. In July 1970, the debris were located on the top of the mountain, at an altitude of 3,900 meters. All eight occupants were killed and the aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5N-85H, MSN 2662, year of manufacture 1951.