Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Feb 19, 1979 (5 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on February 19, 1979 near Barentu Gash-Barka, Eritrea with 5 fatalities.
- Date: February 19, 1979
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Barentu Gash-Barka, Eritrea
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight ET-AFW, a Douglas C-47, disappeared from radar at cruising altitude on 19 February 1979. Sources attribute the loss to an explosion on board, classed as unlawful interference, and place the wreckage in the desert near Barentu, though one source gives a location southwest of Asmara. All five occupants were killed.