Douglas DC-10 crash, Sep 19, 1989 (170 killed), Niger
Douglas DC-10 accident on September 19, 1989 near Niger with 170 fatalities. Cause: A pentrite explosive device detonated in the forward cargo hold,...
- Date: September 19, 1989
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
- Location: Niger
- Fatalities: 170
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A pentrite explosive device detonated in the forward cargo hold, most likely concealed in baggage loaded at Brazzaville. Responsibility was never formally admitted, though Libyan involvement is widely suspected.
A UTA DC-10 flying from N'Djamena to Paris was destroyed in flight by a bomb in the forward cargo hold and crashed in the Tenere desert in Niger. The explosive was pentrite, most likely hidden in baggage loaded at Brazzaville, and all 170 people on board died.