UTA Flight 772

UTA Flight 772

N54629, the UTA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 involved in the attack.
Bombing
Date	19 September 1989
Summary	In-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing
Site	Ténéré, Niger 16°51′54″N 11°57′13″E / 16.86493°N 11.953712°E / 16.86493; 11.953712
Aircraft
Aircraft type	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Operator	Union des Transports Aériens (UTA)
IATA flight No.	UT772
Registration	N54629 (United States), F-BTDF (France)
Flight origin	Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo
Stopover	N'Djamena Int'l. Airport, N'Djamena, Chad
Destination	Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
Occupants	170
Passengers	156
Crew	14
Fatalities	170
Survivors	0

UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled international passenger flight of the French airline Union de Transports Aériens (UTA) operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of the Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, which crashed into the Ténéré desert near Bilma, Niger, on 19 September 1989 with the loss of all 170 people on board, after an in-flight explosion caused by a suitcase bomb. It is the deadliest aviation incident to occur in Niger.