Iljushin 76 yagwa itangonyamuka m'mawa uno kuchokera ku Entebbe kupita ku likulu la Somalia ku Mogadishu, itanyamula antchito 11 komanso ogwira ntchito mu African Union. Akuluakulu a bungwe la Uganda Civil Aviation Authority ati ndege yopita ku Mogadishu yomwe inali itangonyamuka pabwalo la ndege la Entebbe inapsa ndi kugwera mu nyanja ya Victoria, mtunda wa makilomita 9 kuchokera pa bwalo la ndege.

Ndegeyo akuti ikunyamula katundu ndi katundu ku Somalia kuti ikonzenso masitolo a AU. Ndege yokhala ndi 9S - SAB yolembetsa idalembedwera chifukwa chake. Pofika nthawi yosindikizira panalibe nkhani ya opulumuka ndipo zinyalala zoyandama zokha zidapezeka zitamwazika m'madzi a Nyanja ya Victoria. Mneneri wa gulu lankhondo ku Burundi adatsimikiza kuti asitikali ake atatu - brigadier general, colonel, ndi captain - amwalira. Akuti anthu 11 onse amene anali m’ngalawamo aphedwa. Gulu lankhondo la UPDF komanso magulu opulumutsa anthu a CAA adatumizidwa kukagwira ntchito yochira ndipo anali adakali pamalopo pakati pa tsiku Lolemba.

Uganda yakhala ikukhazikitsa malamulo a ICAO olembetsa okalamba makamaka ndege zanthawi ya Soviet ndipo idakana kulembetsa aliyense wa iwo ku Uganda. Komabe, palibe chiletso chomwe chakhazikitsidwa mpaka pano pa ndege zotere zomwe zikuwuluka ndikutuluka mu Uganda pomwe zili m'kaundula wa mayiko ena. Posachedwapa ndege ya Antonov idachita ngozi ku Luxor, itawuluka kuchokera ku Entebbe maola angapo m'mbuyomo ndipo idatsika poyesa kunyamukanso itatha kuthira mafuta. Kukakamizidwa mosakayikira kudzakula pa CAA yaku Uganda tsopano kuti aletse kuletsa ndege zotere zomwe zikugwira ntchito mumlengalenga waku Uganda, uku kukhala ngozi yachiwiri mkati mwa milungu iwiri kuchokera ku Entebbe.