Date: | Friday 14 December 2001 |
Time: | |
Type: | Let L-410A |
Owner/operator: | Eagle Air |
Registration: | 5X-CNF |
MSN: | 730208 |
Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Geti -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Bunia Airport (BUX/FZKA) |
Destination airport: | Beni Airport (BNC/FZNP) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Let departed Bunia at 08:00 for a flight back to Entebbe with an intermediate stop at Beni. The aircraft crashed 40 km east of Bunia; it may have been shot down by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, fighting the Uganda government. Poor weather is also rumored to have played a role in the accident.
Sources:
The Monitor
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/2001/20011214_L410_5X-CNF_17113.jpg)
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Praha-Ruzyne Airport (PRG); 18 September 1993
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