26
Mar
Douglas DC-6B – ET-AAY
Both nose- and main gear were torn off when the DC-6 overran the runway after landing. The aircraft caught fire. Reportedly the reverse...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando – NC1241N
The gear had just been retracted on takeoff when the no. 2 engine lost power. The crew then attempted to return to the airport. Speed a...
26
Mar
Antonov An-12B – ER-AXD
The Antonov overran runway 25 and collided with several approach lights and two stop way lights. The plane suffered irreparable damage ...
26
Mar
Boeing 727-2N8 – 7O-ACW
Weather conditions were favourable as the Boeing 727 approached Asmara. However, after some rainfall the 3000 m/9842 feet asphalt runwa...
26
Mar
Ilyushin Il-78 – UR-UCI
The Ilyushin was chartered by a Bulgarian company in February and operated on a Bourgas (BOJ) to Asmara (ASM) flight at the time of the...
26
Mar
Boeing 727-25F – 5Y-BMW
Boeing 727 5Y-BMW was in Asmara delivering "relief supplies" to the Eritrean government when its left hand wing was damaged by a fuel t...
26
Mar
Airbus A300B4-620 ? –
A Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft with 185 passengers onboard was hijacked during a flight from Jeddah to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The hi...
26
Mar
Boeing 707-385C – ET-AJZ
Destroyed in shelling by rebels. Some people on the ground who were loading the aircraft, were killed.
26
Mar
26
Mar
Antonov An-12 – 1506
Reportedly shot down by guerrilla fighters using a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7).