APRIL 27, 1993:
THE DAY ZAMBIA LOST AN ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM
DISCLAIMER: Not everyone pictured here died in the crash on April 27, 1993. But most of them them did.
The players pictured above are, standing from the left, Efford David Chabala, Stone Nyirenda, Debby Makinka, Charles Musonda, Estone Mulenga and Wisdom Chansa.
Kneeling, from the left, Whiteson Changwe, John Soko, Kalusha Bwalya, Lucky Msiska and Ashious Melu.
Just after midnight on April 28, 1993, a Zambia Air Force plane en route to Senegal for a World Cup game crashed off the coast of Gabon killing all 30 people on aboard, including 18 members of the Zambia National Football Team. Here is my personal take on some of the players.
Gabon Disaster report from Football Association of Zambia
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