Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Datum: | Sonntag 26 August 2007 |
Zeit: | 16:00 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Antonow An-32B |
Fluggesellschaft: | Great Lake Business Company |
Kennzeichen: | 9Q-CAC |
Werknummer: | 1407 |
Baujahr: | 1987 |
Triebwerk: | 2 Ivchenko AI-20 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 11 / Insassen: 12 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 14 / Insassen: 15 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | 3 km (1.9 Meilen) von Kongolo Airport (KOO) ( Kongo/Kinshasa)
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Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
Flug von: | Kongolo Airport (KOO/FZRQ), Kongo/Kinshasa |
Flug nach: | Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA), Kongo/Kinshasa |
Unfallbericht: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.
Informationsquelle:
» 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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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 Kongolo Airport to Goma Airport as the crow flies is 481 km (301 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.