Date: | Thursday 5 May 2005 |
Time: | 13:30 |
Type: | Antonov An-26B |
Owner/operator: | Kisangani Airlift |
Registration: | EK-26060 |
MSN: | 17311107 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 11 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 28 km N of Kisangani -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport (FKI/FZIC) |
Destination airport: | Isiro-Matari Airport (IRP/FZJH) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft reportedly departed Bangoka Airport at 12:48 bound for Isiro. Local media information suggest that the plane may have tried to return to the airport when it hit treetops and crashed.
The owner Aeroworld has also been quoted as "World Aero Airways".
Sources:
ITAR-TASS
Radio Okapi
Soviet Transports Location
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