1993 Zambia national football team air disaster: Difference between revisions

The '''1993 Zambia national football team air disaster''' occurred in the late evening of 27 April 1993 when a [[Zambian Air Force]] [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo|de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo]] (registration AF-319) crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about {{convert|500|m|yd|abbr=off}} offshore from Libreville, Gabon. The flight was carrying most of the [[Zambia national football team|Zambian national football team]] to a FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. All 25 passengers and five crew members were killed. A Gabonese official investigation into the accident concluded that the pilot had shut down the wrong engine after a fire. The investigation found that pilot fatigue and an instrument error had contributed to the accident. The accident is recreated in the documentary film ''[[Eighteam (documentary)|Eighteam]]'', about the Zambian national team, directed by Juan Rodriguez-Briso.

The flight had been specially arranged by the Zambian Air Force for the football team. The journey was scheduled to make three refuelling stops; the first at [[Brazzaville]], [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]], the second at[Libreville, Gabon, and the third at Abidjan, Ivory Coast.<ref name="asn1">{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930427-2|title=ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo AF-319 Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon|work=Aviation Safety Network|publisher=Flight Safety Foundation|accessdate=19 December 2010}}</ref>