Aininian Overseas Flight 47
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| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 5, 1983 |
| Summary | Airliner shootdown |
| Site | Libreville, Nautarya (now Saint-Martin, East Nautarya) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Aininian Aerospace P14 |
| Operator | Aininian Overseas Air Lines |
| Registration | A-P4XC |
| Flight origin | Tourres Mercier International Airport |
| Destination | Libreville Bashir Rawleh International Airport |
| Passengers | 173 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 173 (all) |
| Injuries | 7 (on ground) |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aininian Overseas Flight 47 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Tourres Mercier International Airport in Tourres, Ainin to Bashir Rawleh International Airport in Libreville, Nautarya (now Saint-Martin, East Nautarya). On 5 April 1983, as the new Aininian Aerospace P-14 made its final approach into Libreville, it was struck in the rear by a surface-to-air missile, causing explosive decompression and a loss of controls. The aircraft broke apart in midair 450 metres before the start of the runway, with some of the debris landing on an industrial area and damaging several buildings.
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- Salim Haque was Prime Minister of Nautarya and the highest-ranking Christian in the Muslim-dominated military government of Abdul Haadi Ansari. He had been responsible for the tenuous religious peace between Muslims and Christians that existed after the 1978 coup. His death destroyed the peace and contributed to the assassination of Ansari by Christian rebels in July of that year, sparking the First Nautaryan Civil War.
- Samuel Auberjonois was Aininian Foreign Minister in the first government of Mohammed el-Faswa, from 1980 until his death. He was accompanying Haque back to Nautarya after attending an agricultural conference in Tourres, Isle-Royale. He was the first Aininian foreign minister to die in office.
- Jean Hélie was Aininian ambassador to Nautarya from 1977 until his death in 1983. He was accompanying Haque and Auberjonois.
- Misfar Asad was a Nautaryan journalist and editor of the Libreville Journal. He had travelled to Tourres to cover the agricultural conference.
- Fîchrann Ô Lubhil was the newly-appointed Lyonese ambassador to Nautarya, travelling to Libreville to take up his post.