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UTA Flight 772
N54629, the UTA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 involved in the attack.
Bombing
Date19 September 1989
SummaryIn-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing
SiteTénéré, Niger
16°51′54″N 11°57′13″E / 16.86493°N 11.953712°E / 16.86493; 11.953712
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMcDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
OperatorUnion des Transports Aériens (UTA)
IATA flight No.UT772
RegistrationN54629 (United States), F-BTDF (France)
Flight originMaya-Maya Airport,
Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo
StopoverN'Djamena Int'l. Airport,
N'Djamena, Chad
DestinationCharles de Gaulle Airport,
Paris, France
Occupants170
Passengers156
Crew14
Fatalities170
Survivors0

UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled international passenger flight of the French airline Union de Transports Aériens (UTA) operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of the Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, which crashed into the Ténéré desert near Bilma, Niger, on 19 September 1989 with the loss of all 170 people on board, after an in-flight explosion caused by a suitcase bomb. It is the deadliest aviation incident to occur in Niger.

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