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Air Dabia
Mali airline which flew between 1996 and 1999
Air Dabia was a short-lived Mali airline which flew between 1996 and 1998; it had a three-ship fleet (one Boeing 747, notable as being the airframe involved in the United Airlines Flight 811 decompression incident, and two Boeing 727 aircraft). It was run by alleged fraudster Foutanga Babani Sissoko, whose conspicuous personal wealth had suspicious origins.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Air Dabia was a short-lived Mali airline which flew between 1996 and 1998; it had a three-ship fleet (one Boeing 747, notable as being the airframe involved in the United Airlines Flight 811 decompression incident, and two Boeing 727 aircraft). It was run by alleged fraudster Foutanga Babani Sissoko, whose conspicuous personal wealth had suspicious origins.2
Timeline
- 1990Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaAir Dabia
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ19757781
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- 1WikidataAir Dabia on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAir Dabia on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsAir Dabia photo by Adriaan Lengkeek, GFDL 1.2