Union des Transports Africains de Guinée was a
Guinean
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
and
Lebanese regional
airline
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in wh ...
. It operated for only three years, and shut down operations after the passenger and cargo mismanagement that caused its Flight 141 to become overloaded, preventing it from properly taking off and causing it to crash into the sea .
Accidents and incidents
UTA Flight 141 was a regularly scheduled flight from Benin to Lebanon. On Christmas 2003, it crashed into the Bight of Benin due to imbalanced cargo and an excess of passengers. 141 people died and 22 survived.
See also
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List of defunct airlines of Guinea
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Transport in Guinea
Transport in Guinea is composed by a variety of systems that people in the country use to get around as well as to and from domestic and international destinations. The railway from Conakry to Kankan ceased operating in the mid-1980s. Most vehic ...
References
External links
Union des Transports Africains de Guinéeat the
Aviation Safety Network
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Database
Defunct airlines of Guinea
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