This information page lists the most recent fatal airline accidents in the subregion. Accidents with no fatalities are not listed. You will also find below an updated list of airlines subject to flight restrictions in certain countries.
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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List updated regularly. | |||
1997 9 Oct | Gambia Banjul | Naysa Aerotaxis Beech Super King Air 200 (EC-ERQ) | 9 8 / 0 |
1993 27 Apr | Gambia Off Libreville | Military - Zambian Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo (AF-319) | 30 30 / 0 |
1946 7 Sep | Gambia Bathurst | British South American Airways Avro 685 York I (G-AHEW) | 24 24 / 0 |
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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List updated regularly. | |||
2015 5 Sep | Senegal Off Dakar | Senegalair Hawker Siddeley HS-125 (6V-AIM) | 7 7 / 0 |
2012 2 Jun | Ghana Accra | Allied Air Boeing B-727-200 (5N-BJN) | 4 0 / 12 |
2007 3 Jun | Sierra Leone Freetown | Paramount Airlilnes Mi-8 (?) | 22 21 / 0 |
2004 28 Jun | Sierra Leone Near Yengema | United Nations - UTair Charter Mi-8MTV-1 (RA-27113) | 24 24 / 0 |
2002 15 Feb | Liberia Monrovia | Tiramavia Antonov 12BP (ER-ADL) | 10 1 / 0 |
2000 5 Jun | Ghana Accra | Ghana Airlink Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 (G-524) | 52 7 / 0 |
1998 12 May | Mauritania Near Nema | Military - Mauritanian Air Force Xian Yunshuji Y-7-100C (5T-MAG) | 42 39 / 0 |
1997 1 Feb | Senegal Tambacounda | Air Senegal Hawker Siddeley HS-748-353 Srs.2a (6AV-AEO) | 52 25 / 0 |
1995 29 May | Senegal Mbour | Senegalair Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (6V-AGH) | 10 6 / 0 |
1994 1 Jul | Mauritania Near Tidjika | Air Mauritanie Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 (5T-CLF) | 93 80 / 0 |
1993 9 Dec | Senegal Dakar | Air Senegal / Gambia Airways DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 / NAMC YS-11 (6V-ADE / C5-GAA) | 3 3 / 0 |
1992 9 Feb | Senegal Kafountine | Gambcrest Convair CV- 640 (N862FW) | 56 30 / 0 |
1991 15 Aug | Guinea-Bissau ? | Transports Aériens de la Guinee-Bissau Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 (J5-GBB) | 3 3 / 0 |
1990 12 Mar | Sierra Leone Off Freetown | Helicsa Sikorsky S-58ET (helilcopter) (EC-DDR) | 13 11 / 0 |
1989 9 Nov | Liberia Monrovia | Weasua Airtransport Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander (9L-LAV) | 10 2 / 0 |
1988 8 Dec | Mauritania Bîr Mogreïn | T & G Aviation Douglas DC-7CF (N284) | 5 5 / 0 |
1987 30 Jan | Liberia Off Monrovia | Air Reconnaissance Unit of Liberia Cessna U-27A Caravan I (ARU-021) | 18 16 / 0 |
1983 1 Jul | Guinea Labe | CAAK Ilyushin IL-62M (B-889) | 23 23 / 0 |
1980 7 Aug | Mauritania Nouadhibou | Tarom Tupolev TU-154B-1 (YR-TPH) | 168 1 / 0 |
1979 27 May | Senegal Off Dakar | Military - Mauritanian Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo (5T-MAX) | 12 12 / 0 |
1978 3 Sep | Guinea Conakry | Air Guinee Ilyushin IL-18 (3X-GAX) | 17 15 / 0 |
1969 24 Apr | Ghana Near Takoradi | Ghana Airways Douglas DC-3 (9G-AAF) | 33 1 / 0 |
1967 5 Mar | Liberia Monrovia | Varig McDonnell Douglas DC-8-33 (PP-PEA) | 90 51 / 5 |
1960 29 Aug | Senegal Off Dakar | Air France Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation (F-BHBC) | 63 63 / 0 |
1952 26 May | Mauritania Near Atar | British Overseas Airways Handley Page HP-81 Hermes IV (G-ALDN) | 18 1 / 0 |
1951 22 Jun | Liberia Near Sanoyea | Pan American World Airways Lockheed 049 Constellation (N88846) | 40 40 / 0 |
1947 13 Apr | Senegal Off Dakar | British South American Airways Avro 685 York I (G-AHEZ) | 15 6 / 0 |