1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash · Mbuzini
On October 19, 1986, 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash (Mbuzini). 34 people died.
- Date
- October 19, 1986
- Place
- Mbuzini
- Operator
- People's Republic of Mozambique
- Killed
- 34
- Injured
- 10
- Position
- 25.911°S, 31.957°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q950273
From Wikipedia
On 19 October 1986, a Tupolev Tu-134 jetliner with a Soviet crew carrying President Samora Machel and 43 others from Mbala, Zambia to the Mozambican capital Maputo crashed at Mbuzini, South Africa. Nine passengers and one crew member survived the crash, but President Machel and 33 others died, including several ministers and senior officials of the Mozambican government.
A board of inquiry blamed the captain for failing to react to the ground proximity warning system. Another theory was that the crew had set the aircraft's VOR receivers to the wrong frequency, causing them to receive signals from a different airport, or even that a false beacon had been used to lure the crew off course. While there was widespread suspicion in other nations that South Africa, which was hostile towards Machel's government at the time, was involved in the incident, no conclusive evidence was ever presented to support that allegation.
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