Togo

Shortly after take off from Lomé international Airport, while on a cargo flight to Amsterdam, the crew declared an emergency and was cleared for an immediate return. The approach and landing were considered as normal and the aircraft returned safely to the apron. While all three crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair due to bulkhead destruction.

The airplane was returning to Lomé after the President of Niger Mr. Seyni Kountche was brought back in Niamey following an international conference in Lomé. On approach to Lomé Airport, the airplane crashed few km short of runway. The captain, the flight engineer and a passenger were killed while two other passengers and the copilot were injured. The aircraft, brand new, was destroyed. It completed its first flight last July 17 and accumulated 50 flight hours for 35 cycles only.

On approach to Sara Kawa Airport, at an altitude of 50 meters, the airplane nosed down and crashed 800 meters short of runway threshold. Both pilots and four passengers were killed while 13 other occupants were injured, among them The President of the Togolese Republic Gnassingbé Éyadéma and several high ranking officers.