Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 AUG 1948 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-10-DK |
| Operator: | Sabena |
| Registration: | OO-UBL |
| C/n / msn: | 12420 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | NW of Elizabethville (Congo (Democratic Republic)) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Manono Airport (MNO/FZRA), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Elizabethville Airport (FBM), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
Crashed. The airplane was on a flight to Elizabethville (now Lubumbashi).
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Manono Airport to Elizabethville Airport as the crow flies is 477 km (298 miles).
Distance from Manono Airport to Elizabethville Airport as the crow flies is 477 km (298 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
