Narrative:
A major fire erupted in a warehouse on the Kinshasa Airport and spread to a cargo of ammunition, causing several explosions. Some 109 people on the ground are said to have been killed. Several aircraft were damaged or destroyed in the fire. They included a Congo Army Caravelle (9Q-CZZ), a Government of Congo Boeing 707 (9Q-CGC), two Canadair CL-44 planes (3C-ZPO and TN-235) and an Antonov 28 (9Q-CZL).
» Terry Denham
accident date: 14-04-2000
type: Canadair CL-44-D4-2
registration: 3C-ZPO
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Friday 14 April 2000 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-44D4-2 |
| Operating for: | Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Leased from: | Africargo Airlines |
| Registration: | 3C-ZPO |
| MSN: | 24 |
| First flight: | 1961-11-08 (38 years 6 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Tyne 515-10 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) ( Congo (Democratic Republic))
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A major fire erupted in a warehouse on the Kinshasa Airport and spread to a cargo of ammunition, causing several explosions. Some 109 people on the ground are said to have been killed. Several aircraft were damaged or destroyed in the fire. They included a Congo Army Caravelle (9Q-CZZ), a Government of Congo Boeing 707 (9Q-CGC), two Canadair CL-44 planes (3C-ZPO and TN-235) and an Antonov 28 (9Q-CZL).
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Scramble 253» Terry Denham
Photos
accident date: 14-04-2000
type: Canadair CL-44-D4-2
registration: 3C-ZPO
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