What the records say
- When
- 31 Aug 1948
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 50.64° N, 4.67° E
- Description
- air accident
- Deaths
- 13
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash
Aviation incident in Africa
The 1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash was an aviation accident that occurred on 31 August 1948 , near Kimbwe, in the Belgian Congo. The aircraft, a Douglas C-47A-10-DK registered as OO-CBL, was operated by the Belgian airline Sabena. It was en route from Manono to Élizabethville, when it suddenly went out of control during its approach to the airport and crashed during the emergency landing.
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