The 1989 Jamba Hercules crash was an

air accident An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the ''intention of fl ...

involving a Lockheed Hercules L-100 aircraft that crashed on

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Jamba, Cuando Cubango Jamba is a town in Angola, located in the southeastern province of Cuando Cubango, just north of the Namibian border along the Caprivi Strip. The town is best known as the former military headquarters of UNITA, a rebel movement supported by ...

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on 27 November 1989. The flight had originated at

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Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

, and was attempting a low-level approach at night. The aircraft was owned by

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Tepper Aviation Tepper Aviation, Inc. was a privately held aviation company operating a fleet of Lockheed L-100 Hercules aircraft and was one of the largest civilian operators of L-100/L-382 aircraft. The airline may have suspended operations in 2006. On October ...

; it was delivering arms to

UNITA The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( pt, União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the Popular Movement for ...

. The crash killed "Bud" Peddy, the head of Tepper Aviation, who was acting as the plane's

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. On board were several Americans, two West Germans, and a

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. All were killed in the crash.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989 Angola–United States relations 1989 in Angola Central Intelligence Agency operations UNITA Aviation accidents and incidents in Angola Arms trafficking November 1989 events in Africa Accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules Angolan Civil War 1989 disasters in Angola {{aviation-accident-stub