Jamba - Lubango

On June 8, 1980 at 03:32 PM, Jamba - Lubango experienced a crash involving Yakovlev Yak-40, operated by TAAG Angola Airlines - Transportes Aéreos de Angola, with the event recorded near Matala Huíla.

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

29 people were known to be on board, 29 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: 25, passenger fatalities: 25, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration D2-TYC, MSN 9 72 17 53, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -14.7392°, 15.0297°.