UTA Flight 772 memorial
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5 X2 r2 t& A9 d" z/ p2 H' Nos.tvboxnow.comFlight 772 from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo to Chad to Paris went down in Niger on Sept. 19, 1989, after a briefcase bomb planted by Libyan terrorists was detonated.; }! d$ a/ J0 i+ E; O* Q# A
$ T; S5 H" M! z; P( F$ O* |/ Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe cabin of the UTA DC 10 flight 772 lays on the Tenere desert after the passenger plane exploded on September 19, 1989, killing all 171 people aboard. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 x' u$ m8 |% ^ \# z" T
$ F! y, l( D* }+ e% Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe memorial was created in 2007 by an association dedicated to the crash victim's families. It features a DC10 airplane, the model that went down, in black rock inside the compass pointed in the direction of its intended flight path. |