Union des Transports Africains de Guinée


UTA - Union des Transports Africains de Guinée 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

Accident

On December 25, 2003, UTA Flight 141, operated by a Boeing 727-200Adv was on a scheduled flight from Benin to Lebanon when it crashed into the Bight of Benin due to imbalanced cargo and an excess of passengers. Of the 163 passengers onboard, 141 people died.