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1989 Jamba Lockheed Hercules crash

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1989 Jamba Hercules crash
File:Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules (L-382G), Tepper Aviation AN0313202.jpg
A Tepper Aviation Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, similar to the one that crashed
Accident
Date27 November 1989 (1989-11-27)
SummaryUndetermined; possible CFIT
SiteJamba, Cuando Cubango, Angola
14°52′23″S 15°53′17″E / 14.87306°S 15.88806°E / -14.87306; 15.88806Coordinates: 14°52′23″S 15°53′17″E / 14.87306°S 15.88806°E / -14.87306; 15.88806
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Aircraft
Aircraft typeLockheed Hercules L-100-20
OperatorTepper Aviation for CIA
RegistrationN9205T
Flight originKamina Air Base,[1] Democratic Republic of the Congo
DestinationJamba, Cuando Cubango, Angola
Occupants18 or more (see sources)
Passengers11[2]
Crew6[3]
Fatalities12 or more[2][3]
Injuries0 publicly known
Survivors6 or more[2]

The 1989 Jamba Hercules crash was an air accident involving a Lockheed Hercules L-100 aircraft that crashed on final approach to Jamba, Cuando Cubango, Angola on 27 November 1989 while secretly[2][4][3] delivering weapons to US-funded insurgents.[5][2][6][7][8][9][10] The crash was attributed to pilot error by US officials[11][5] and by a UNITA spokesperson.[8]

The flight originated at Kamina Air Base,[1] Zaire, the hub for the secret CIA supply-line to UNITA,[1] and was attempting a low-level approach at night. The aircraft was owned by CIA front company Tepper Aviation;[12][9] it was delivering arms to UNITA.[13][14]

Because the crashed plane was carrying weapons to guerrillas, it created diplomatic problems for US negotiations about the Angolan Civil War,[10] and was thought to undermine the United States's criticism of Soviet weapons supplies to regional conflicts around the world.[15][16][4][17] The crashed flight was an attempted resumption of weapon air-lifts after such flights had been suspended for several weeks as part of cease-fire efforts to stop the 14-year civil war.[18][19]

The crash killed "Bud" Petty (whose correct name[20] was mis-spelled as "Peddy" in contemporary reporting), the head of Tepper Aviation, who was acting as the plane's pilot. Petty several months earlier had categorically denied flying weapons to Angola[9][21] but Tepper Aviation had been delivering CIA weapons and supplies to UNITA since 1988.[19] On board were 4-6 Americans,[2] 11 UNITA members,[2] two West Germans,[18] and a Briton.[18] US officials said that all the Americans onboard were killed in the accident, but that several people survived.[11][5][2] Years passed before researchers learned who exactly had died (among the Western occupants) because the CIA and government wanted to distance itself from supplying the UNITA insurgents.[17] Some family members of the deceased later learned that the coffins brought by the CIA were empty.[17][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kolb, Richard K. (May 1999). "Into the Heart of Darkness, Cold War Africa: Part 2, Angola". Veterans of Foreign Wars (1999–05).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Ottaway, David B. (1989-11-29). "CIA Plane Carrying Arms to Angolan Rebels Crashes". The Washington Post.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gup, Ted (2001). The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA. Random House. Also on board were eleven of Savimbi’s men and a fuselage full of supplies, including crates of ammo. So secretive was the operation that even at Kamina the men lived under aliases. When airborne, flight records listed them not by name, but by number. The two nightly flights were simply designated “Flight One” and “Flight Two.” Even Savimbi was referred to only by an Agency code name. All knowledge of the operation was compartmented on a need-to-know basis Search this book on
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "U.S. Denies Angola Crash Parallels Nicaragua Incident". The Los Angeles Times. 1989-12-01.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Associated Press (1989-11-30). "CIA Arms Plane Crashes in Angola; 5 Americans Die". LA Times.
  6. ↑ "Report: CIA plane crashed in Angola". United Press International. 1989-11-30.
  7. ↑ Sawyer, Diane (1989-11-29). ABC Evening News for Wednesday, Nov 29, 1989 (Video at Vanderbilt University Television News Archive).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 (not stated) (November 30, 1989). "Vliegtuig van de CIA stort neer in zuiden van Angola". NRC Handelsblad (30.11.1989). Mediahuis NRC.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Stephen Grey (2006). Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Rendition and Torture Program. St. Martin's Press. Search this book on
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Minter, William (1991). "The US and the War in Angola". Review of African Political Economy. ROAPE Publications Ltd. 50: 135–144.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Several Die in Crash of CIA Plane". The Rocky Mountain News. 131 (222). 1989-11-30.
  12. ↑ Rogers, Don (2015). "Hotel Herculus Flying CIA and UN Missions From Jamba to Phnom Penh" (PDF). The International Peace Information Service (IPIS). TransArms Chicago.
  13. ↑ Giorgio Baravalle (2004). Rethink: Cause and Consequences of September 11. design.Method of Operation Lrd. pp. 311–312. ISBN 0-9705768-6-2. Search this book on
  14. ↑ "ASN Aircraft Accident Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules N9205T Jamba Airport (JMB)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  15. ↑ Pear, Robert (Dec 1, 1989). "CIA Crash Called Problem in Angola". The NY Times.
  16. ↑ "Human Rights Watch World Report 1989 - Angola". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 1990-01-01. Suspicions of the Bush administration's lack of commitment to the cease-fire were further supported by reports of the crash, in late November inside Angola, of a Central Intelligence Agency plane carrying weapons to UNITA's headquarters in Jamba
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Loeb, Vernon (May 14, 2000). "Book Names CIA Agents Who, in Death as in Life, Are Cloaked". Washington Post. One reason for hushing up the tragedy: The crash took place shortly after the United States had complained about Soviet arms deliveries to leftist guerrillas in Latin America, and the U.S. government did not want to appear hypocritical.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 George, Alan (1989-12-13). "Angolan CIA Hercules air crash kills Tepper Aviation chief". Flight International Magazine. 136 (4195 December 13-19 1989).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 George, Alan (June 25, 1990). "US Weapons Boost Angolan Rebels" (PDF). The Guardian.
  20. ↑ (not stated) (March 25, 2020). "Pilot Profile and Obituary". Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association.
  21. ↑ George, Alan. "Airline Carrying CIA Guns to UNITA". The Independent (02-18–1989).

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