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    Airline official says plane crashed in Congo

    By SALEH MWANAMILONGO - Associated Press | AP – Fri, Jul 8, 2011

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A passenger plane crashed Friday on its way from Congo's capital to a northeastern city, the airline's chief said, the latest of several crashes that have plagued the country's largest airline.

    Stavros Papaioannou, the chairman and CEO of Hewa Bora Airways, said he could not say how many people may have died in Friday afternoon's crash. Congo's government spokesman said there were at least 40 survivors.

    Papaioannou said the plane left the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, and was headed northeast to the provincial capital of Kisangani.

    "I confirm the crash of one of our planes," he said. "I don't yet have the details but it's sure that some of the people died."

    Sabiti Mwamba, the director of the Congolese Aviation Authority, said the plane likely went down due to bad weather.

    "The crash was due to the bad weather at the moment when the plane was landing," Mwamba said.

    Government spokesman Lambert Mende said the plane went down a few meters (feet) from the Kisangani airport.

    "It was due to the thunder," he said. "We have already helped take out at least 40 survivors and the rescue operation is ongoing."

    Hewa Bora, which means "Fresh Air" in Swahili, has a history of crashes.

    In April 2008, one of their DC-9s rammed into a bustling market after failing to lift off from Goma's airport, killing at least 40 people, most of them on the ground.

    A few months later in September, a Hewa Bora plane carrying 17 people went down in inclement weather killing all on board.

     

    5 comments

    • A Yahoo! User  •  10 mths ago
      May the Good Lord from above bless the survivors and wrap his arms around those who loss precious family. Such a tragic occurrence God Bless those who have to clean up the mess!
    • Alfons
      Alfons  •  10 mths ago
      Joseph, you don't know who the pilots were. We don't even know what type of airplane it was. Many pilots flying for airlines in Africa are Europeans, Americans, Brits, you name it, so let's wait to see. It seems that the crash had nothing to do with your four "absolutes". It looks like it was the stormy weather during the landing approach that the pilots couldn't handle properly. And so, keeping your four absolutes in balance, they descended for landing, countering wind sheer and turbulence. Sounds like they landed short and hard, wrecking the plane. And by the way, are you a pilot?
    • Carolinacompanycowboy
      Carolinacompanycowboy  •  10 mths ago
      Not a good way to vacation or make money!
    • JONNY
      JONNY  •  10 mths ago
      Small plane crashes into Calif. hospital; …

      A small plane crashed into a central California hospital's unoccupied office … Full Story »Small plane crashes into Calif. hospital; 2 dead
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    • Joseph
      Joseph  •  10 mths ago
      A plane crash in Africa...still in the slave trade, killing everywhere due to tribal/religious hate, millions in poverty due to despots/dictators....and you expect these sub-sahran-nubians to understand the four absolutes of flight?>>>Lift/thrust/drag/gravity? If so, have "Rainman" or "Forrest Gump" perform brain surgery on you......
      • Carlos Chuchwaletz
        Carlos Chuchwaletz 10 mths ago
        I like shrimp, so Forrest Gump would be my choice of brain surgeon. As to the Rainman, it sure looks like he has performed one more rain dance than necessary, to have contributed to the crash...
      • Fabian O
        Fabian O 10 mths ago
        Planes crash everywhere.
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