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A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
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Antonov An-24
Soviet turboprop airplane
The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude Aviation Factories. It was the first of a future family of turboprops by Antonov. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2000 ASA Pesada Antonov An-24 crash
Aviation accident
The 2000 ASA Pesada Antonov An-24 crash occurred on 15 November 2000 when an Antonov An-24 registered as D2-FCG operated by Angolan airliner ASA Pesada crashed shortly after taking off from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Angola's capital Luanda. The aircraft was carrying 52…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Luanda
Capital and largest city of Angola
Luanda is the capital and largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Angola
Country on the west coast of Southern Africa
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)