Bamako - Kano - Mecca - Jeddah - Khartoum - Kano - Bamako

On August 11, 1974 at 12:00 AM, Bamako - Kano - Mecca - Jeddah - Khartoum - Kano - Bamako experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by Air Mali, with the event recorded near Linoghin Zoundwéogo (Manga).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

60 people were known to be on board, 47 fatalities were recorded, 13 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 78.3%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 50, passenger fatalities: 39, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane was engaged in a monthly schedule flight from Bamako to Saudi Arabia. En route from Bamako to Kano, ATC informed the crew about the deterioration of the weather conditions and instructed the pilots to divert to Niamey. In marginal weather conditions, the crew apparently lost his orientation and probably following a navigational error, the airplane flew to the west when the crew realized he was flying over the region of Ouagadougou, about 400 km southwest of Niamey. Shortly later, as he was short of fuel, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in an open field located in Linoghin, about 40 km east of Ouagadougou. Two crew members and 11 passengers were injured while 47 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TZ-ABE, MSN 181 0033 04, year of manufacture 1961.