UTA Flight 772
N54629, the aircraft involved in the bombing, pictured in 1981 | |
| Bombing | |
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| Date | 19 September 1989 |
| Summary | In-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Operator | Union de Transports Aériens |
| IATA flight No. | UT772 |
| ICAO flight No. | UTA772 |
| Call sign | UTA 772 |
| Registration | N54629 |
| Flight origin | Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo |
| Stopover | N'Djamena International Airport, N'Djamena, Chad |
| Destination | Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France |
| Occupants | 170 |
| Passengers | 156 |
| Crew | 14 |
| Fatalities | 170 |
| Survivors | 0 |
UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled international passenger flight of the French airline Union de Transports Aériens (UTA) operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of the Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. On 19 September 1989, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 operated the flight crashed into the Ténéré desert near Bilma, Niger, killing all 170 people on board after an in-flight explosion caused by a suitcase bomb. It is the deadliest aviation incident to occur in Niger.