Jamba - Kinshasa

On December 18, 1995 at 12:00 AM, Jamba - Kinshasa experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-188 Electra, operated by Trans Service Airlift - TSA, with the event recorded near Jamba Cuando Cubango.

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

144 people were known to be on board, 141 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 97.9%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 139, passenger fatalities: 137, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. After takeoff from Jamba Airport, the four engine aircraft encountered difficulties to gain height, stalled and crashed in a field located few km from the airfield. The copilot and two passengers survived while 141 other occupants were killed, among them 83 children. The aircraft was completing a charter/humanitarian flight to Kinshasa to repatriate Congolese refugees.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CRR, MSN 1080, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.5076°, 22.7266°.