Central African Airways Flight 890
Central African Airways Flight 890, a Vickers Viscount 745D, crashed during a scheduled passenger flight from Wadi Halfa, Sudan, to Benghazi, Libya, about nine kilometers southeast of Benina International Airport in Libya. A total of forty-seven passengers and seven crew members were on board of whom only eighteen survived, making it the deadliest ever plane crash in Libya at the time of the accident. It still remains the deadliest accident for Central African Airways.
A Central African Airways Vickers Viscount | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 August 1958 |
| Summary | Pilot error |
| Site | near Benina International Airport |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 745D |
| Aircraft name | Mpika |
| Operator | Central African Airways |
| Registration | VP-YNE |
| Flight origin | Salisbury Airport |
| 1st stopover | Ndola Airport |
| 2nd stopover | Entebbe International Airport |
| 3rd stopover | Khartoum International Airport |
| 4th stopover | Wadi Halfa Airport |
| Last stopover | Benina International Airport |
| Destination | Heathrow Airport |
| Passengers | 47 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 36 |
| Injuries | Unknown |
| Survivors | 18 |
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