- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 11, 1974
Time: ?
Location: Near Ouagadougou, Upper Volta
Operator: Air Mali
Flight #: ?
Route: Bamako, Mali - Kano, Nigeria
AC Type: Ilyushin IL-18B
Registration: TZ-ABE
cn / ln: 181003304
Aboard: 60   (passengers:50  crew:10)
Fatalities: 47   (passengers:39  crew:8)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft crashed after running out of fuel. After being diverted because of bad weather, a navigation error caused the crew to circle the wrong city.
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