2013 Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 crash
.jpg) MONUSCO troops guarding the crash site in Goma | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 March 2013 |
| Summary | Crashed in an empty lot in a residential area while landing in poor weather |
| Site | Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1°41′S 29°14′E / 1.683°S 29.233°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker 50 |
| Operator | Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation |
| Registration | 9Q-CBD |
| Flight origin | Lodja Airport |
| Destination | Goma International Airport |
| Passengers | 4 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Injuries | 3 |
| Survivors | 3 |
On 4 March 2013, a Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 making a domestic cargo flight from Lodja Airport to Goma International Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo crashed in poor weather on approach to Goma. There were nine people on the aircraft; six died in the accident. No fatalities were reported on the ground, despite the aircraft crashing into a populated area.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident was a twin-turboprop Fokker 50, registration 9Q-CBD, that was powered with a twin PWC PW125B powerplant and had its maiden flight on 9 December 1992 with registration PH-LXJ. Having serial number 20270, it was delivered to Air UK on 28 October 1994 and re-registered G-UKTE. This registration was kept following the rebranding of Air UK to KLM uk in January 1998. KLM Cityhopper re-registered the aircraft as PH-LXJ in March 2003, and returned it to the lessor in 2010. In March the same year, it was re-registered 9Q-CBD and delivered to Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation. The aircraft was 20 years and 85 days old at the time of the accident.[1]
Accident
The aircraft was two minutes from touching down at Goma airport on a cargo service from Lodja Airport,[2] 640 kilometres (400 mi) west of Goma.[3] At 17:55 local time,[2] the aircraft crashed in an empty lot in the middle of the city.[3] No distress calls were made prior to the crash.[4]
There were nine people on board the aircraft, including six airline employees—a crew of five and a security guard—and three passengers.[5] All six employees were killed in the accident.[4] Except for the pilot, a 46-year-old Russian national named Alexander Bazhenov, the dead were all from the Congo.[5] The Russian consul to the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed that a Russian national was on board.[6] Initial reports of 30–50 fatalities were not substantiated.[3][5][7]
Aftermath
Following the crash,[8] the Ministry of Transport of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a re-certification of all airlines having an operator's certificate issued in the country[9] that were subject to a ban in the European Union.[10]
See also
- Air Algérie Flight 2208, another aircraft that crashed in a populated area with no fatalities on the ground
- List of airlines banned in the EU
- Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
References
- ^ "Fokker 50 – MSN 20270 – 9Q-CBD Airline Compagnie Africaine Aviation". Airfleets.net.
- ^ a b Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 5 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Kavanagh, Michael J. (4 March 2013). "Congolese Plane Crashes During Landing at Goma Airport". Reuters. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013.
- ^ a b Kavanagh, Michael J. (5 March 2013). "Congolese Plane Crash in Goma Killed Six People, Minister Says". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "Plane crash in eastern DR Congo kills 6, injures 3". WireUpdate. BNO News. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Seis muertos en accidente aéreo en el Congo, según el último balance" (in Spanish). RIA Novosti. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Waldron, Greg (5 March 2013). "CAA Fokker 50 crashes in eastern Congo: reports". Singapore: Flightglobal. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Le gouvernement annonce la récertification des compagnies aériennes d'ici fin mars" (in French). ANGOP. Xinhua. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Crash en RDC : 7 morts, re-certification en vue" (in French). Air Journal. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "List of airlines banned within the EU". European Commission. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2012.
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