Airplane Crash - Off Dakar, Senegal 05/27/1979
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Off Dakar, Senegal
| Date | 05/27/1979 |
| Location | Off Dakar, Senegal |
| Operator | Military - Mauritanian Air Force |
| Route | Bouceif - Dakar |
| Type | de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo |
| Registration | 5T-MAX |
| Cn/In | 088 |
| Aboard | 12 |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Crashed into the AtlantiOcean during a blinding sandstorm. The pilot, unable to land due to the sandstorm headed out to sea for another approach when the accident occurred. |
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