Luanda – Lubango

On March 17, 2001 at 08:23 AM, Luanda – Lubango experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 1900C, operated by SAL Express, with the event recorded near Lubango Huíla.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 94.1%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Lubango Airport following an uneventful flight from Luanda, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls and low ceiling. In such conditions, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 16 km northwest of runway 10 threshold. One passenger survived while 16 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration S9-CAE, MSN UC-142, year of manufacture 1991.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -14.9189°, 13.4883°.