Dar es Salaam - Kigali - Bujumbura

On April 6, 1994 at 08:28 PM, Dar es Salaam - Kigali - Bujumbura experienced a crash involving Dassault Falcon 50, operated by Rwandese Government, with the event recorded near Kigali Kigali City.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 12 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: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The aircraft was returning to Kigali after an official flight from Dar es Salaam, carrying members of Rwanda and Burundi government, among them both Presidents, who took part to a congress in Tanzania and ratified the Arusha Agreements. On short final to Kigali-Grégoire Kayibanda Airport runway 28, at a height of about 100 metres, the aircraft was struck by a SAM16 surface-to-air missile and crashed in the garden of the Presidency Residence, about 500 metres from the Kanombe Camp. The wreckage was found 1,850 metres short of runway 28. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 12 occupants were killed. Crew: Jacky Héraud, pilot, Jean-Pierre Minaberry, copilot, Jean-Michel Perrine, flight engineer. Passengers: Juvénal Habyarimana, President of the Republic of Rwanda, General Déogratias Nsabimana, Chief of Staff of the Rwanda Armed Forces, Major Thaddée Bagaragaza, orderly officer for President Habyarimana, Colonel Elie Sagatwa, personnel secretary of President Habyarimana, Ambassador Juvénal Renzaho, political affairs counselor to the presidency, Dr Emmanuel Akingeneye, personnel doctor or President Habyarimana, Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of the Republic of Burundi, Bernard Ciza, Minister of Communication olf Burundi, Cyriaque Simbizi, Minister of Planning of Burundi.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9XR-NN, MSN 006, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.9360°, 30.1559°.