The aircraft had come from Bissau and was carrying Dinísia Embaló, wife of Sissoco Embaló, former president of Guinea-Bissau, and Tito Gomes Fernandes, considered Embaló's right-hand man.

The aircraft had come from Bissau and was carrying Dinísia Embaló, wife of Sissoco Embaló, former president of Guinea-Bissau, and Tito Gomes Fernandes, considered Embaló's right-hand man.