Icon aircraft in the desert

Familiar threw coordinates on guglmapah. I thought, just nonsense, but, having approached, surprised to see the icon of the aircraft.

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In short, I did some investigating and ran into a beautiful story.

UTA Flight 772 was a regular from Brazzaville (Congo) to Paris (Charles De Gaulle)

Six Libyans were executed for the attack. To destroy aircraft, they used a bomb in a suitcase, which killed 155 passengers and 15 crew members.
In the face of tragedy, the family created this beautiful monument, that was never forgotten the incident. The dead live from the heart, in the desert, and even guglmapah.



This flight track.



Eighteen years later, families of the victims gathered at the crash site, to build a memorial.



Because of the remoteness of the site of the accident aircraft was still lying on the ground



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The memorial was created by the organization "Families of victims of UTA 772" with the locals



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Memorial was created by hand with black stones to create a 200-foot (60-meter) circle



Region Tenere one of the most difficult - the stones had to drive 70 km



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Memorial was built 2 months - May and June 2007



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170 broken mirrors symbolize the 170 dead



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Memorial completed the right wing of the aircraft, found 10 kilometers from the point of impact of the bulk.



The workers were forced to dig it up and filled the clean from sand.



The death toll



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Memorial partially financed from the 170 millionth compensation from the Libyan government.



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Ready memorial



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Memorial guglmapah visible on like this, the last photo.



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