1983 CAAK Ilyushin Il-62 crash

On 1 July 1983, a CAAK Ilyushin Il-62M operating a scheduled international charter flight from Pyongyang, North Korea to Conakry Guinea via Bamako, Mali, carrying 23 passengers and crew, crashed into mountainous terrain whilst approaching Conakry International Airport.All 23 occupants on board were killed The aircraft was flying from Pyongyang with construction cargo and workers ahead of the 1984 Organization of African Unity summit due to take place the following year.It remains the deadliest aviation crash in Guinean history, and was the tenth operational loss of an Il-62 since its introduction.[2][3][4] On 1 July 1983, P-889 was carrying construction material, as well as construction workers and technicians from Pyongyang, North Korea to complete work on a hall ahead of the twentieth Organization of African Unity summit scheduled to take place in Conakry, Guinea, in May 1984.[8][11] Initial reports from a radio based in Conakry did not give details surrounding the accident, such as when the plane crashed nor the amount of casualties, only calling what happened a catastrophe.
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