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The '''1993 Zambia national football team air disaster''' occurred in the late evening of 27 April 1993 when a [[Zambian Air Force]] | 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. | ||
==Accident== | ==Accident== | ||
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, 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> | [[File:Gabon Air Disaster.png|thumb|left|250px|Flight route]]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, 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> | ||
At the first stop in Brazzaville engine problems were noted. Despite this, the flight continued and a few minutes after taking off from the second stop in Libreville the left engine caught fire and failed. The pilot, who had also flown the team from a match in Mauritius the previous day, then shut down the right engine, causing the plane to lose all power during the climb out of Libreville Airport and fall into the water {{convert|500|m|yd|abbr=on}} offshore. A Gabonese report released in 2003 attributed the pilot's actions to a faulty warning light and fatigue on the part of the pilot.<ref name="asn1" /><ref name="bbc3">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3247006.stm|title='Faulty plane' killed Zambia team|date=28 November 2003|work=BBC News|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="sportsillustrated1">{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138563/1/index.htm|title=Triumph On Sacred Ground|last=Montville|first=Leigh|date=18 October 1993|work=Sports Illustrated|publisher=Time Inc.|accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref> | At the first stop in Brazzaville engine problems were noted. Despite this, the flight continued and a few minutes after taking off from the second stop in Libreville the left engine caught fire and failed. The pilot, who had also flown the team from a match in Mauritius the previous day, then shut down the right engine, causing the plane to lose all power during the climb out of Libreville Airport and fall into the water {{convert|500|m|yd|abbr=on}} offshore. A Gabonese report released in 2003 attributed the pilot's actions to a faulty warning light and fatigue on the part of the pilot.<ref name="asn1" /><ref name="bbc3">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3247006.stm|title='Faulty plane' killed Zambia team|date=28 November 2003|work=BBC News|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="sportsillustrated1">{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138563/1/index.htm|title=Triumph On Sacred Ground|last=Montville|first=Leigh|date=18 October 1993|work=Sports Illustrated|publisher=Time Inc.|accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref> | ||
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==Passengers== | ==Passengers== | ||
[[File:1993 Zambia national football team.jpg|thumbnail|right|1993 Zambia national football team]] | |||
The Chipolopolo were a very promising Zambia national team. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul they thrashed Italy 4–0. They had their eyes on the 1993 Africa Cup of Nations trophy and a place at their first World Cup.<ref>[http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/africacupofnations2012/archive/2012/02/12/zambia-s-remarkable-journey-makes-them-winners-regardless.aspx Zambia's remarkable journey makes them winners regardless]</ref> | The Chipolopolo were a very promising Zambia national team. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul they thrashed Italy 4–0. They had their eyes on the 1993 Africa Cup of Nations trophy and a place at their first World Cup.<ref>[http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/africacupofnations2012/archive/2012/02/12/zambia-s-remarkable-journey-makes-them-winners-regardless.aspx Zambia's remarkable journey makes them winners regardless]</ref> | ||
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===Footballers=== | ===Footballers=== | ||
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* [[David Chabala|Efford Chabala]] (goalkeeper) | * [[David Chabala|Efford Chabala]] (goalkeeper) | ||
* [[John Soko]] (defender) | * [[John Soko]] (defender) | ||
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* [[Winter Mumba]] (defender) | * [[Winter Mumba]] (defender) | ||
* [[Patrick Banda|Patrick "Bomber" Banda]] (striker) | * [[Patrick Banda|Patrick "Bomber" Banda]] (striker) | ||
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===Coaching staff=== | ===Coaching staff=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
