Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JUN 1997 |
| Type: | Vickers 781D Viscount |
| Operator: | Bazair |
| Registration: | 9Q-CWL |
| C/n / msn: | 280 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce 510 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Irumu (Congo (Democratic Republic))
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bunia Airport (BUX/FZKA), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Kisangani Airport (FKI/FZIA), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
The aircraft crashed in flames, killing all on board.
Sources:
» Blueprint 24/97
» ICAO Adrep
» JP Airline Fleets
» Reuters
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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 Bunia Airport to Kisangani Airport as the crow flies is 572 km (358 miles).
Distance from Bunia Airport to Kisangani Airport as the crow flies is 572 km (358 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.
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