2013 Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 crash

Coordinates: 1°41′S 29°14′E / 1.683°S 29.233°E / -1.683; 29.233
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2013 Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 crash
MONUSCO troops guarding the crash site in Goma
Accident
Date4 March 2013 (2013-03-04)
SummaryCrashed during approach due to poor weather
SiteGoma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1°41′S 29°14′E / 1.683°S 29.233°E / -1.683; 29.233
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFokker 50
OperatorCompagnie Africaine d'Aviation
Registration9Q-CBD
Flight originLodja Airport, Lodja, Democratic Republic of the Congo
DestinationGoma International Airport, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Occupants9
Passengers4
Crew5
Fatalities6
Injuries3
Survivors3

On 4 March 2013, a

Goma Airport
. There were nine people on board, of which six were killed. No fatalities were reported on the ground, despite the aircraft crashing into a populated area.

Accident

The aircraft was two minutes from

distress calls were made prior to the crash.[3]

There were nine people on board the aircraft, including six airline employees—a crew of five and a security guard—and three passengers.[4] All six employees were killed in the accident.[3] Except for the pilot, a 46-year-old Russian national named Alexander Bazhenov, the dead were all from the Congo.[4] The Russian consul to the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed that a Russian national was on board.[5][2][4][6]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2006 still in the KLM Cityhopper livery

The aircraft involved in the accident was a twin-turboprop

KLM uk in 1998. KLM Cityhopper re-registered the aircraft as PH-LXJ in 2003, and returned it to the lessor in 2010. In March of the same year, it was re-registered 9Q-CBD and delivered to Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation. The aircraft was 20 years old at the time of the accident.[7]

Aftermath

Following the crash,

Ministry of Transport of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a re-certification of all airlines having an operator's certificate issued in the country[9] that were subject to a ban in the European Union.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^
    Aviation Safety Network
    . Retrieved on 5 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Kavanagh, Michael J. (4 March 2013). "Congolese Plane Crashes During Landing at Goma Airport". Reuters. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b Kavanagh, Michael J. (5 March 2013). "Congolese Plane Crash in Goma Killed Six People, Minister Says". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Plane crash in eastern DR Congo kills 6, injures 3". WireUpdate. BNO News. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Seis muertos en accidente aéreo en el Congo, según el último balance" [Six dead in the Congo crash, according to last figures] (in Spanish). RIA Novosti. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
  6. ^ Waldron, Greg (5 March 2013). "CAA Fokker 50 crashes in eastern Congo: reports". Singapore: FlightGlobal. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Fokker 50 – MSN 20270 – 9Q-CBD Airline Compagnie Africaine Aviation". Airfleets.net.
  8. Xinhua. 6 March 2013. Archived
    from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Crash en RDC : 7 morts, re-certification en vue" [Crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: seven dead and re-certification on course] (in French). Air Journal. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013.
  10. ^ "List of airlines banned within the EU" (PDF). European Commission. 4 December 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 November 2012.

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