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'''Numba Mwila''' (18 March 1972 – 27 April 1993) was a [[Zambia]]n [[:Category:Zambian footballers|footballer]] and member of the [[Zambia national football team|national team]]. He was among those killed in the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|crash of the team plane]] in [[Gabon]] in 1993.<ref>[http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"]</ref> | '''Numba Mwila''' (18 March 1972 – 27 April 1993) was a [[Zambia]]n [[:Category:Zambian footballers|footballer]] and member of the [[Zambia national football team|national team]]. He was among those killed in the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|crash of the team plane]] in [[Gabon]] in 1993.<ref>[http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"]</ref> | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
[[File:Gabon-Disaster.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|Burial site for the 1993 plane crash victims.]] | [[File:Gabon-Disaster.jpg|150px|200px|thumbnail|right|Burial site for the 1993 plane crash victims.]] | ||
Late on the evening of April 27, 1993, the [[Zambian Air Force]]] de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo (registration AF-319) carrying the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|Zambia national team crashed]] into the Atlantic Ocean about 500 metres (550 yards) offshore from Libreville, Gabon. All the 25 passengers and crew on board died in the crash. Numba was among the 18 Zambia national soccer team players who died in the crash. The team was flying to Dakar for FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal. | Late on the evening of April 27, 1993, the [[Zambian Air Force]]] de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo (registration AF-319) carrying the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|Zambia national team crashed]] into the Atlantic Ocean about 500 metres (550 yards) offshore from Libreville, Gabon. All the 25 passengers and crew on board died in the crash. Numba was among the 18 Zambia national soccer team players who died in the crash. The team was flying to Dakar for FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://zambianfootball.co.zm/gabon-disaster-23-years-fondly-remembered-never-forgotten/ GABON DISASTER: 23 YEARS ON, FONDLY REMEMBERED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN] | *[http://zambianfootball.co.zm/gabon-disaster-23-years-fondly-remembered-never-forgotten/ GABON DISASTER: 23 YEARS ON, FONDLY REMEMBERED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN] | ||
[[Category:1972 births]] | [[Category:1972 births]] | ||
