Union des Transports Africains de Guinée
Guinean airline
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UTA - Union des Transports Africains de Guinée (UTA for short) was a Guinean airline. It operated for only three years, and ended operations after mismanagement that caused its Flight 141 to become overloaded, preventing it from properly taking off and causing it to crash into the sea.
Fleet
- 1 Antonov An-24RV (9L-LBQ)
- 2 Boeing 727-200 (3X-GDM & 3X-GDO)
Accident
On December 25, 2003, UTA Flight 141, operated by a Boeing 727-200Adv (3X-GDO) was on a scheduled flight from Benin to Lebanon when it crashed on take-off due to imbalanced cargo and an excess of passengers. Of the 163 passengers onboard, 141 people died.[2]
