Last updated: 20 January 2019
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Friday 14 December 2001 |
| Type: |  Let L-410A |
| Operator: | Eagle Air |
| Registration: | 5X-CNF |
| C/n / msn: | 730208 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Geti ( 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) |
| Beni Airport (BNC/FZNP), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
The Let departed Bunia at 08:00 for a flight back to Entebbe with an intermediate stop at Beni. The aircraft crashed 40 km east of Bunia; it may have been shot down by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, fighting the Uganda government. Poor weather is also rumored to have played a role in the accident.
Sources:
» The MonitorPhotos
OK-DKD was sold as 5X-CNF in June 1997
Map
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 Beni Airport as the crow flies is 137 km (86 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Bunia Airport to Beni Airport as the crow flies is 137 km (86 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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.
