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Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
On April 27, 1993, a plane carrying the Zambia national football team crashed off the coast of Gabon, killing most of the players and staff en route to a World Cup qualifying match.
Flight 751, a Zambian Air Force plane carrying the national football team, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Libreville, Gabon, on April 27, 1993.
Thirty people aboard, including players, coaches, and crew, lost their lives in the tragedy.
The team was traveling to Dakar, Senegal, for a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the host nation.
Rescue efforts recovered only a few bodies, plunging Zambian football into national mourning.
In the years that followed, Zambia rebuilt its squad, ultimately winning the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in a poignant tribute.
Memorials and annual commemorations honor the players’ legacy and resilience in the face of loss.
1993
Zambia national football team
lose their lives in a plane crash
Libreville
Dakar
1994 FIFA World Cup
qualifying match
Senegal