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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:35 AM
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At least five dead in cargo plane crash in Congo
Edited on Thu Oct-04-07 07:36 AM by RGBolen
Police have confirmed at least 5 dead
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) Police say at least five people have been killed in crash of cargo plane in Congo.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071004/ts_nm/congo_democratic_crash_dc_4


KINSHASA (Reuters) - A Russian-made cargo plane with 17 people on board crashed and exploded on Thursday in a crowded neighborhood of Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, airport officials and witnesses said.

A United Nations spokesman said there were "many dead."

The Antonov aircraft belonging to Congolese airline Africa 1 came down on several shacks in the Kingasani neighborhood near Ndjili international airport, the sources said.

"There were 17 people on board," said airport protocol official Jean-Claude Bakongo, who said a major explosion followed the crash.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:48 AM
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1. I think I read about this airline in Vanity Fair in their recent Africa issue.
Overloading is routine...guess this time it caught up with the pilot.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:40 AM
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2. Death toll up to 19 now
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