TAAG Flight 462

869) that had its maiden flight on April 29, 1982, and was delivered to TAAG Angola Airlines on May 6 the same year.The left wingtip hit the ground, and the aircraft broke apart and burst into flames.The wreckage came to rest 800 metres (2,600 ft) from the end of the runway at Lubango Airport.[3] UNITA guerillas claimed to have shot down the aircraft, which they believed to be carrying only military personnel, with a surface-to-air missile to protest Angola's government.[5][6][7] Post-crash investigation of the aircraft's wreckage by the Angolan authorities reported no conclusive evidence of missile damage, and the cause of the crash is officially considered to be a mechanical failure.

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