| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 07, 1989 |
| Time: | 1210 |
| Location: | Near Gambela, Ethiopia |
| Operator: | RRC Air Service |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Addis Ababa - Bole |
| AC Type: | de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Registration: | ET-AIL |
| cn / ln: | 699 |
| Aboard: | 16 (passengers:13 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 16 (passengers:13 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft took off from Addis Ababa to see how much food was reaching the famine-stricken area of western Ethiopia. The plane crashed into a mountain in poor weather conditons at an altitude of 3,600 feet. The crew flew into an area of bad weather at a very low altitude and failed to maintain visual contact with the ground. U.S. Representative George Thomas "Mickey" Leland, 45, killed. |
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