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1997 Namibia mid-air collision — Wikipedia (en)

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On 13 September 1997, a German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M Open Skies observation aircraft and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141B Starlifter transport aircraft struck each other mid-air while cruising at 35,000 feet (10.67 km) off the coast of Namibia. As a result of the crash, all 33 people on board both aircraft were killed and both aircraft were destroyed. At the time of the collision, the Tupolev was flying on a southbound route from Niamey, Niger, to Cape Town, South Africa, while the C-141 was heading northbound from Windhoek, Namibia, to Ascension Island. Neither aircraft was equipped with a TCAS system, and although both crews had filed a flight plan, the German aircraft was not in contact with Namibian air traffic control at the time of the collision and controllers were unaware of its presence in Namibian airspace. Furthermore, the Tupolev was flying at the wrong altitude, according to its flight plan and to the semicircular rule which requires 33,000 feet (10.06 km) or 37,000 feet (11.28 km). The subsequent US Air Force inquiry concluded that the German crew was responsible for the accident, citing pilot error and inadequate air traffic control that contributed to the fatal lack of separation. A year before the accident, the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations had stated that from a safety point of view, 75 percent of African airspace was "critically deficient."

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