Union des Transports Africains de Guinée
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UTA - Union des Transports Africains de Guinée (UTA for short) was a Guinean airline. It operated for only three years, and ended operations after mismanagement that caused its Flight 141 to become overloaded, preventing it from properly taking off and causing it to crash into the sea.
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| Founded | 2001 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2004 | ||||||
| Hubs | Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport[1] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Conakry, Guinea | ||||||
Fleet
edit- 1 Antonov An-24RV (9L-LBQ)
- 2 Boeing 727-200 (3X-GDM & 3X-GDO)
Accident
editOn December 25, 2003, UTA Flight 141, operated by a Boeing 727-200Adv (3X-GDO) was on a scheduled flight from Benin to Lebanon when it crashed on take-off due to imbalanced cargo and an excess of passengers. Of the 163 passengers onboard, 141 people died.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "UTA - Union des Transports Africains de Guinée". Ch-aviation.com.
- ↑ "Crash of a Boeing 727-223 in Cotonou: 141 killed". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
External links
edit- Union des Transports Africains de Guinée[dead link] at the Aviation Safety Network Database
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