United Transit Flight 141

United Transit Flight 141 was a charter flight operated by United Transit Airlines (not to be confused with United Airlines). On December 25, 2003, the flight crashed off the coast of Benin, killing more than one hundred passengers, most of them Lebanese.

United Transit flight 141 was flown on a Boeing 727 the day of the crash. The airliner had begun its flight in Guinea, stopped in Sierra Leone and in Benin, on its way to Lebanon. Many of the passengers were workers who were flying back home to Lebanon to enjoy the holidays with their families.

Initial reports pointed out to the possibility the airplane might have touched a building with one of its wings upon take-off, causing it to lose balance and go into an uncontrollable free-fall that ended with the tragedy as a consequence.