D2-TAB

On November 29, 1982 at 12:00 AM, D2-TAB experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-26, operated by TAAG Angola Airlines - Transportes Aéreos de Angola, with the event recorded near Bibala Namibe.

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

15 people were known to be on board, 15 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight at FL140, the crew initiated the descent to Lubango Airport in poor visibility due to heavy rain falls. At an altitude of 7,400 feet, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located near Bibala. The wreckage was found about 22 km northwest of Lubango Airport, some 20 meters below the summit. The aircraft was destroyed and all 15 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D2-TAB.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -14.7603°, 13.3541°.