- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 26, 2007
Time: 1600
Location: Kongolo, Democratic Republic Congo
Operator: Great Lakes Business Complany
Flight #: ?
Route: Kongolo - Goma
AC Type: Antonov AN-32
Registration: 9Q-CAC
cn / ln: 14-07
Aboard: 15   (passengers:12  crew:3)
Fatalities: 14   (passengers:11  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane, carrying tin ore, lost one of it's two engines eleven minutes after taking off and tried to return to the airport. Due to strong back winds and a fully loaded plane, the aircraft clipped tree tops and crashed and burned 3 km short of the runway. The plane was overloaded by 3 tons.
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