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Aircraft
Crashes Record Office
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Bureau d'Archives
des Accidents Aéronautiques
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Accident description
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Date & Time
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01SEP2008 at 1600LT
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Type of Aircraft
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Operator
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Registration
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ZS-OLD
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Location
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Bukavu
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Flight number
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Kinshasa – Mbandaka – Kisangani – Bukavu – Goma
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Construction number
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UC-137
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Year of manufacture
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1990
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Crew on board
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2
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Pax on board
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15
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Crew fatalities
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2
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Pax fatalities
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15
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Other fatalities
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0
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Total fatalities
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17
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Circumstances
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The aircraft and its passengers and crew were performing a humanitarian flight from Kinshasa to Goma with intermediate stops in Mbandaka, Kisangani and Bukavu. While approaching Bukavu-Kamenbe airport in bad weather, the aircraft flying too low hit a mountain ridge and crashed. Rescue teams found the debris the day after and all 17 occupants perished. |
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