What the records say
- When
- 4 Mar 2013
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 1.68° S, 29.23° E
- Description
- plane crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Deaths
- 6
- Injured
- 3
2013 Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 crash
Plane crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 4 March 2013, a Fokker 50 operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation on a domestic cargo flight from Lodja to Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, crashed in poor weather on approach to 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.
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