1988 Uganda Airlines Rome Crash: Looking back on an event that changed many lives

October 17, 1988 was a dark day for Uganda’s aviation sector. In the wee hours of the morning, Uganda Airlines Flight QU 775 crashed as it attempted to land at Rome-Fiumicino Airport. Of the 52 passengers,19 survived. What really happened during that flight? GILLIAN NANTUME spoke to Captain Stephen Makyeli, who was Uganda Airlines Chief Pilot at the time, and Engineer Dick Turinawe, who was a ground engineer. Both men were part of the team that investigated the cause of the crash.
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[@kalahusseinismail]

Rest in peace 🕊️ Grandpa 🙏 Noor Mohammad was inside

[@ronaldrain1455]

Has someone noticed something in this video it's obvious that we are all interested in what happened. But as for me it's about labour distribution in Uganda airlines. Basing names listed on this flight you can clearly see that jobs were given to every tribe in Uganda unlike today where you find one particular tribe dominating in a particular sector of labour which are the Westerners alone. May the Field martial continue resting in peace IDI Amin. He left a good foundation until the junta destroyed everything.

[@user-bn1yj2iw5u]

Mr.John Wilson Oketcho was on this flight. May He Continue to Rest Well.

[@championmarvyn5472]

Rest in Paradise Daddy

[@womanwithoutlimits]

Entebbe went silent! There was mourning in most homes!!

[@banagakevin5587]

Gillian nantume is my best news reporter on ntv

[@kafepal9712]

Well then what happened to the other Boeing aircraft that brought the dead at that time?

[@kafepal9712]

The truth must come out even if it takes 100 years!

[@edgarmarkkayomtho1714]

The Boeing plane was manufactured in 1968, Uganda Airlines started in 1976 and the crash was in 1988, So we bought a 2nd hand plane.🤔🤔🤔🤔