Glasgow – Ghardaïa – Tamanrasset – Malabo

On August 30, 2014 at 02:44 AM, Glasgow – Ghardaïa – Tamanrasset – Malabo experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-12, operated by Ukraine Air Alliance, with the event recorded near Tamanrasset Tamanrasset.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The four engine aircraft was performing a cargo flight from Glasgow-Prestwick to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, with intermediate stops in Ghardaïa and Tamanrasset. On board were seven crew members and a load consisting of oil equipment. About three minutes after takeoff from Tamanrasset-Aguenar-Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport, radio contact was lost when the aircraft crashed in a mountainous terrain located some 15 km south of the airport. The wreckage was found few hours later. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all seven crew members (six Ukrainians and one Russian) were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration UR-DWF, MSN 8 3 458 02, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.7886°, 5.5276°.