Entebbe - Mogadishu

On March 9, 2009 at 05:15 AM, Entebbe - Mogadishu experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-76, operated by Aerolift, with the event recorded near Entebbe Central.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Entebbe Airport runway 17, while climbing by night, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the Lake Victoria, some 10 km south from Entebbe airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 11 occupants were killed, among them 3 Army Officer from Burundi and one Army Officer from Uganda. They were flying to Mogadishu on behalf of the Amisom, the African Union Mission In Somalia. The aircraft was chartered by the US Company Dynacorp to carry tents and water purification equipments.

Aircraft reference details include registration S9-SAB, MSN 0734 10301, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 0.2124°, 32.5386°.