TAAG Flight 462
A TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737-200 similar to the one involved. | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 November 1983 |
| Summary | Mechanical failure |
| Site | Near Lubango Airport, Lubango, Angola |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-200 |
| Operator | TAAG Angola Airlines |
| Registration | D2-TBN |
| Flight origin | Lubango Airport, Lubango, Angola |
| Destination | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola |
| Occupants | 130 |
| Passengers | 126 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 130 |
| Survivors | 0 |
TAAG Flight 462 was a TAAG Angola Airlines flight which crashed just after the Boeing 737-200 took off from Lubango Airport in Lubango, Angola, on a regular domestic service as Flight DT 462 to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda on November 8, 1983. All 130 occupants onboard were killed.