| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C9-CAA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Tupolev Tu-134 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Tupolev Tu-134/135 |
| Aircraft Version: | Tupolev Tu-134AK |
| C/n (msn): | 63457 |
| Operator Titles: | Mozambique Government |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Manzini - MatsaphaMap |
| Country: | Eswatini |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: FDMS IATA: MTS Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | April 1976 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Photo ID: | 404905 |
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This was the personal plane of Mozambican president Samora Machel. On a flight from Mbala in Zambia to Mozambique's capital, Maputo, on 19 October 1986 the aircraft crashed at Mbuzini, in the (then) Transvaal on the border between South Africa and Mozambique. There is a certain level of controversy connected with this event, ranging from pilot error to false VOR signals. The official report concluded that it was a controlled flight into terrain. This photo was added on 24 October 2021, and has since been viewed 271 times. |