Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 27 May 1979
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo
Owner/operator: Force Arienne de la Rpublique Islamique de Mauritanie
Registration Number: 5T-MAX
Location: off Dakar –
ÿ Senegal
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A fatal aircraft accident occurred at Dakar Airport, Mauritania, on April 1979, resulting in the death of Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif, the prime minister of the Mauritanian government. The accident stemmed from a dust storm at the Dakar airport, which forced its closure.A fatal aircraft accident occurred at Dakar Airport, Mauritania, on April 1979, resulting in the death of Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif, the prime minister of the Mauritanian government. The accident stemmed from a dust storm at the Dakar airport, which forced its closure.
Description
Crashed. One of the occupants killed was Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif, prime minister of the Mauritanian government following an April 1979 coup d’etat. Bouceif was part of the Mauritanian delegation en route to Dakar to attend a summit meeting of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS). The Dakar airport was closed because of a dust storm at the time of the accident.
Source of Information
http://www.dhc4and5.org/BuffaloRev%205.pdf, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ould_Bouceif, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6kxSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SXwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=dakar&pg=6703%2C4376094http://www.dhc4and5.org/BuffaloRev%205.pdf, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ould_Bouceif, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6kxSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SXwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=dakar&pg=6703%2C4376094Primary Cause
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