Pierre Péan was a French investigative journalist and author of many books concerned with political scandals.
Pierre Péan
UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled international passenger flight of the French airline Union de Transports Aériens (UTA) operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of the Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, which crashed into the Ténéré desert near Bilma, Niger, on 19 September 1989 with the loss of all 170 people on board, after an in-flight explosion caused by a suitcase bomb. It is the deadliest aviation incident to occur in Niger.
N54629, the UTA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 involved in the attack.
View of Southern Ténéré desert from ISS. Approximately north-east of Termit Massif (center), is located the place of the crash and memorial.
UTA Flight 772 Memorial
Memorial at the Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris, France.