LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470
Deliberate crash of an Embraer 190 in Namibia on November 29, 2013
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 was a scheduled international passenger flight by carrier LAM Mozambique Airlines from Maputo International Airport of Maputo, Mozambique. It crashed on 29 November 2013 into the Bwabwata National Park in northern Namibia en route to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport of Luanda, Angola.[1] The wreckage of the aircraft was found the next day. All 27 passengers and six crew members were killed. It was later found out that the aircraft was crashed on purpose by the pilot, Herminio dos Santos Fernandes, in an act of murder–suicide.[2]
 The LAM Mozambique Airlines Embraer 190 involved in the accident. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 November 2013 |
| Summary | Murder–suicide by pilot |
| Site | Bwabwata National Park, Namibia 18°11′36″S 21°52′09″E / 18.19333°S 21.86917°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Embraer 190 |
| Aircraft name | Chaimite |
| Operator | LAM Mozambique Airlines |
| Registration | C9-EMC |
| Flight origin | Maputo International Airport, Maputo, Mozambique |
| Destination | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola |
| Passengers | 27 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 33 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
All crew members and ten passengers were from Mozambique, nine from Angola, five from Portugal, one from France, one from Brazil, and one from China.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Mozambique plane missing with 34 on board". BBC. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ↑ "Mozambique airline captain 'intentionally' crashed plane". The Telegraph. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ↑ "About the flight TM 470 Maputo – Luanda". LAM Mozambique Airlines. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2015.[permanent dead link]
Other websites
change- Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations Namibia
- Interim Report( Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine)
- LAM Mozambique Airlines – Index of press releases related to the crash
- Flight TM 470 (Archive)
- Voo TM 470 (in Portuguese) (Archive)
- Embraer
- "COMMUNIQUÉ." (Archive) 30 November 2013.
- "COMUNICADO." (Archive) 30 November 2013. (in Portuguese)
