Dakar - Lanzarote

On February 24, 1985 at 05:30 PM, Dakar - Lanzarote experienced a crash involving Dornier DO228, operated by Alfred Wegener Institute, with the event recorded near Dakhla Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew was returning to Germany following an expedition in the South Pole (Antarctica). The aircraft departed Dakar on a leg to Lanzarote, and was following another Dornier DO228 from the same Alfred Wegener Institute christened Polar 2 that was flying higher than Polar 3. En route, the aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile and crashed in a desert area located south of Dakhla. All three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-IGVN, MSN 7039, year of manufacture 1984.