The 5 Worst Football Air Disasters of all time

Soumyadeep Paul | 29/11/2016

3. Zambia National Football Team Air Disaster

Another of the 5 worst football air disasters of all time took place at the expense of the Zambian team. The plane was carrying the entire team to Dakar in Senegal for a FIFA World Cup Qualifying game. The flight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean just half a kilometre away from the shore at Gabon.

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Reports later revealed a lapse on the part of the pilot. He had accidentally switched off the wrong engine after a fire, which was a main reason for the crash. All the 25 players and staff members lost their lived in the crash.

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