UTA Flight 772
Union des Transports Aeriennes Flight 772 was a flight on a French airline which flew from Brazzaville, to N'Djamena, and then to Charles De Gaulle International Airport near Paris.On 19 September, 1989, the DC-10 was over the Sahara Desert near Ténéré, Niger when a bomb in the forward cargo hold exploded. A total of 170 passengers and crew were killed, leaving no survivors.
The brother in law of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and five other Libyans were put on trial in absentia for the bombing of Flight 772.