LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470
C9-EMC, the aircraft involved in the incident | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 November 2013 |
| Summary | Suicide by pilot |
| Site | Near Divundu, Bwabwata National Park, Caprivi Strip, Namibia 18°14′24″S 21°55′02″E / 18.24000°S 21.91722°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Embraer E190 |
| Aircraft name | Chaimite |
| Operator | LAM Mozambique Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | TM470 |
| ICAO flight No. | LAM470 |
| Call sign | MOZAMBIQUE 470 |
| Registration | C9-EMC |
| Flight origin | Maputo International Airport, Maputo, Mozambique |
| Destination | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola |
| Occupants | 33 |
| Passengers | 27 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 33 |
| Survivors | 0 |
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Maputo, Mozambique, to Luanda, Angola. Halfway through its flight on 29 November 2013, the Embraer E190 twinjet operating the service crashed into the Bwabwata National Park in Namibia, killing all 27 passengers and 6 crew on board.
Preliminary findings of the Mozambican Civil Aviation Institute (IACM) showed that the captain deliberately crashed the jet. The Mozambican Association of Air Operators (AMOPAR) disputes the conclusion of the IACM. The Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations Namibia agreed with the IACM that the captain inputting controls leading to the crash was the probable cause of the aviation accident.: 2