Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 23 AUG 2001 |
| Type: | Antonov 28 |
| Operator: | Victoria Air |
| Registration: | 3C-LLA |
| C/n / msn: | 1AJ005-22 |
| First flight: | 1989 |
| Engines: | 2 Glushenkov TVD-10B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mugogo (Congo (Democratic Republic))
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kama, Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Kampene Airport (FZOE), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
The aircraft departed Bukavu for a flight to Kampene. An intermediate stop was made at Kama, where some cargo was loaded and passengers boarded the plane. Eight minutes after takeoff from Kama, one of the engines failed. The crew, consisting of two Russian pilots, elected to divert to Bukavu but the aircraft crashed 10 km short. According to survivors the aircraft was overloaded with a.o. arms and ammunition.
Sources:
» Medias Congolais
» Scramble 271
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.
