Aero Tropical, also known as Air Tropical, was an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

. It was founded in 1996 and shut down in 1999.

Accidents and Incidents

On 27 February 1996 at 05:40 local time, an Aero Tropical Antonov An-12

Antonov An-12

The Antonov An-12 is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10.-Design and development:...

 cargo aircraft (registered

Aircraft registration

An aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile...

 ER-ACE) crashed during a poor-visibility approach into Lucapa Airport

Lucapa Airport

Lucapa Airport or Lukapa Airport is an airport serving Lucapa , a town in and the capital of the Lunda Norte Province in northeastern Angola....

following a flight from Luanda. All eight persons abord the aircraft were killed.