1996 Air Africa crash

When

8 Jan 1996

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

4.33° S, 15.32° E

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

298

1996 aviation accident in Zaire

On 8 January 1996, a Moscow Airways Antonov An-32B operating on behalf of Air Africa overran the runway at N'Dolo Airport after attempting to take off overloaded. The aircraft was flying from Kinshasa to Kahemba, Zaire. The aircraft ploughed into Kinshasa's Simbazikita street market. Four of the six crew of the aircraft survived the accident.

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