- | 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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