Learjet 35 crash, Aug 29, 1999 (2 killed), Adwa
Learjet 35 accident on August 29, 1999 near Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia with 2 fatalities. Cause: According to Ethiopian authorities, the aircraft entered...
- Date: August 29, 1999
- Aircraft: Learjet 35
- Location: Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: According to Ethiopian authorities, the aircraft entered restricted airspace without clearance and was shot down by ground fire after being mistaken for a hostile aircraft.
A Learjet 35 on a ferry flight from Naples to South Africa strayed across the Eritrea-Ethiopia border after a planned route change. Ethiopian forces shot it down near Adwa. Both pilots were killed and the aircraft was destroyed. The Ethiopian government said the aircraft had entered its airspace without clearance and that it was mistaken for a hostile aircraft.