Linonghin is a village in the
Kogho Department
Kogho is a Departments of Burkina Faso, department or commune of Ganzourgou Province in central-eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Kogho. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 15,524.
Towns and v ...
of
Ganzourgou Province
Ganzourgou () is a Provinces of Burkina Faso, province of Burkina Faso and is in Plateau-Central Region. The capital of Ganzourgou is Zorgho, which is along the road between Ouagadougou and Niamey, Niger. Other important localities in the provinc ...
in central
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
. The village has a population of 465.
On August 11, 1974, Linonghin was the site of Burkina Faso's deadliest airliner crash. An
Ilyushin Il-18V of
Air Mali that had diverted to
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou or Wagadugu (, , , ) is the capital city of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the List of cities in Burkina Faso#Largest cities, country's largest city, wi ...
on a flight to
Niamey
Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. As the Niamey Urban Community (, CUN), it is a Regions of Niger, first-level division of Niger, surrounded by the Tillabéri Region, in the western part of the country. Niamey lies on the Nige ...
began circling the wrong town and made a forced landing after running out of fuel. 47 of the 60 on board were killed.
References
Populated places in the Plateau-Central Region
Ganzourgou Province
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