Date: | Sunday 26 August 2007 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Antonov An-32B |
Owner/operator: | Great Lake Business Company |
Registration: | 9Q-CAC |
MSN: | 1407 |
Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 15 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km from Kongolo Airport (KOO) -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Kongolo Airport (KOO/FZRQ) |
Destination airport: | Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Antonov plane was loaded with about 9 tons of cassiterite (tin oxide) and other minerals at the Kongolo Airport (KOO). Twelve passengers also boarded the flight to Goma (GOM). The three crew members were Ukrainian and Russian. The airplane reportedly developed engine trouble about ten minutes after takeoff. The crew attempted to return to the Kongolo but the airplane contacted trees, crashed and burned short of the runway.
Sources:
Plane crash in Congo kills 13 (Reuters, 26-8-2007)
Kongolo : 14 morts dans le crash dun avion (Radio Okapi, 27-8-2007)
Crash in Congo: 1 Russian, 2 Ukrainians die (Russia Today, 27-8-2007)
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