Brazzaville – Tamanrasset – Paris

On February 5, 1987 at 12:00 AM, Brazzaville – Tamanrasset – Paris experienced a crash involving Learjet 55 Longhorn, operated by Aero France, with the event recorded near Jakiri Northwest.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft departed Brazzaville Airport on a charter flight to Paris-Le Bourget with an intermediate stop in Tamanrasset, Algeria, carrying seven passengers and two pilots. While cruising at FL390 in good weather conditions, the airplane went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a mountainous area located in the region of Jakiri. The crew did not send any distress message. The wreckage was found few hours later in an isolated area. All nine occupants were killed, among them the French politician and businessman Michel Baroin, CEO of FNAC Group. He was returning to Paris following an official meeting with the Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-GDHR, MSN 55-070, year of manufacture 1982.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 6.0846°, 10.6383°.