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1979 Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 Crash
On 26 March 1979, an Ilyushin IL-18 crashed during takeoff from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola, killing all ten people on board. Background When Angola gained independence in 1975, power was in the hands of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MLPA), which was supported by the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc. The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), which fought for the abolition of apartheid in Southern Rhodesia, also enjoyed the support of communist countries. For the planned ZAPU offensive, heavy weapons were delivered to the port of Luanda from East Germany by sea, which were planned to be further transported by air to Lusaka, Zambia, which bordered Southern Rhodesia (their government also supported ZAPU). As TAAG Angola Airlines could not transport these deliveries, an Il-18 cargo aircraft from Interflug was chartered instead, which was supposed to carry a total of 500 tons of weapons. Because the transportation of such cargo was prohibite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quatro De Fevereiro Airport
Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (, ), is the main international airport of Angola. It is located in the southern part of the capital Luanda, situated in the Luanda Province. ''Quatro de Fevereiro'' means 4 February, which is an important national holiday in Angola, marking the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime on 4 February 1961. In 2018, about 5.6 million passengers were handled. Starting 2024, the airport will be replaced by the new Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport. History The construction of the airport began in 1951, in order to serve the capital of the former-Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola. It was inaugurated in 1954, by the Portuguese President Craveiro Lopes, which in his honor, the airport was named ''Aeroporto Presidente Craveiro Lopes'' (President Craveiro Lopes Airport). In August, September, and October 1975 the airport hosted tens of thousands of mostly white Portuguese Angolans fleeing to Lisbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Henkes
Klaus Henkes (29 July 1929, in Görlitz – 7 March 2003) was a German air force officer, civil transportation official, and airline executive. He was a general in the East German Air Force and a deputy transport minister in the government from 1975 till 1990. Between 1978 and 1982 he was in charge of Interflug, the national airline of East Germany. Biography Early years Henkes was born into a working-class family in Görlitz, where, after leaving school relatively young, he studied for a career as a chemical laboratory assistant. At the end of World War II he was captured by the Soviets and was, according to one source, a prisoner of war between 1946 and 1949. He trained as a miner of lignite (brown coal) at Espenhain (near Leipzig) and, in 1948, became a member of East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party. By 1949 he had already reached the leading rank of "brigadier" with SAG Wismut, an important uranium mining company. A period of further education followed when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airliner Accidents And Incidents Caused By Engine Failure
An airliner is a type of airplane for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. The modern and most common variant of the airliner is a long, tube shaped, and jet powered aircraft. The largest of them are wide-body jets which are also called twin-aisle because they generally have two separate aisles running from the front to the back of the passenger cabin. These are usually used for long-haul flights between airline hubs and major cities. A smaller, more common class of airliners is the narrow-body or single-aisle. These are generally used for short to medium-distance flights with fewer passengers than their wide-body counterparts. Regional airliners typically seat fewer than 100 passengers and may be powered by turbofans or turboprops. These airliners are the non- mainline counterparts to the larger aircraft operated by the major carriers, legacy carriers, and flag carriers, and are used to feed traffic into the large airline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 1979 In Africa
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. History The name of March comes from '' Martius'', the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month ''Martius'' was the beginning of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. ''Martius'' remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as late as 153 BC, and several religious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
