Transport Minister Fired in DRC After Deadly Plane Crash | |
VOA News - October 5, 2007 | |
A Congolese government spokesman announced Friday that the country's transport minister has been fired for incompetence, after a deadly plane crash Thursday left at least 37 people dead. | |
At Least 19 Dead in Congo Plane Crash | |
VOA News - October 4, 2007 | |
A cargo plane has crashed into a residential area near Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials say at least 19 people were killed, but it is unclear how many of the casualties were passengers and crew and how many were people on the ground. | |
Plane en route to kinshasa crashes in brazzaville, 14 dead | |
MISNA - September 10, 2005 | |
An Antonov plane of the private Air Kasai' airline of the Democratic Republic of Congo crashed last night around 50km north of Brazzaville due to still unknown causes, killing 14 people, including 4 crewmembers. | |
Airplane crashes in the east, no survivors | |
MISNA - September 6, 2005 | |
An old Antonov 26 aircraft crashed near the Isiro airport, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing all 11 people abord including 3 crew members and 8 passengers. | |
Aircraft crashes in Walungu, 26 feared dead | |
IRIN - May 26, 2005 | |
A Soviet-era aircraft carrying 21 passengers and five crew crashed on Wednesday in a remote forest in the territory of Walungu, in Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu Province. | |