<Tr> <Th> Fatalities </Th> <Td> 30 (all) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Survivors </Th> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <P> On the evening of 27 April 1993, a DHC - 5 Buffalo transport aircraft of the Zambian Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon . The flight was carrying most of the Zambian national football team to a FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar . All 25 passengers and five crew members were killed . The official investigation concluded that the pilot had shut down the wrong engine following an engine fire . It also found that pilot fatigue and a faulty instrument had contributed to the accident . </P> <P> The flight had been specially arranged by the Zambian Air Force for the football team . The journey was scheduled to make three refuelling stops; the first at Brazzaville, Congo, the second at Libreville, Gabon, and the third at Abidjan, Ivory Coast . </P>

African football team that died in plane crash