Naples - Luxor - Djibouti City - Johannesburg

On August 29, 1999 at 04:30 PM, Naples - Luxor - Djibouti City - Johannesburg experienced a crash involving Learjet 35, operated by Corporate Jets, with the event recorded near Adwa Tigray.

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The aircraft departed Naples, Italy, on a ferry flight to Lanseria, with intermediate stops in Luxor and Nairobi. The aircraft was ferried in South Africa to be refurbished as it was recently purchased by a new owner. Because of the border-crossing prohibition a second flight plan was filed via Djibouti City. While cruising at an altitude of 41,000 feet, the aircraft deviated from the initial route and crossed the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia. At 1630LT, the aircraft was shot down by ground fire, entered a dive and crashed near the city of Adwa. Three days of negotiation with the Ethiopian government were necessary to clear a rescue team to visit the crash site. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both pilots, a British and a Swedish citizen, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N350JF, MSN 35-219, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.1671°, 38.8912°.