Muhammad Saleh al-Aulaqi

Muhammad Saleh al-Aulaqi (1940 – 30 April 1973)[1] was a Yemeni politician and diplomat. Aulaqi was the minister of foreign affairs of South Yemen and advocated for the unification of Yemen.[2] On 30 April 1973, a South Yemen Air Force transport aircraft carrying diplomats on a tour of South Yemen crashed, killing all 25 people on board, including himself, writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali, and several ambassadors. It was likely a Douglas DC-3.[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "ملفات وتحقيقات - من تاريخ رجالات اليمن.. محمد صالح عولقي أبرز ضحايا طائرة الغدر".
  2. ↑ "ARR: Arab Report and Record". 1973.
  3. ↑ Aviation Safety Network Accident Description
  4. ↑ "25 Diplomats Killed In Southern Yemen As Plane Crashes". The New York Times. 1973-05-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  5. ↑ "ملفات وتحقيقات - من تاريخ رجالات اليمن.. محمد صالح عولقي أبرز ضحايا طائرة الغدر". www.adngad.net (in Arabic). 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
  6. ↑ "من تاريخ رجالات اليمن.. محمد صالح عولقي أبرز ضحايا طائرة الغدر". عدن الغد (in Arabic). 2022-06-17. Archived from the original on 2026-02-12. Retrieved 2026-03-19.