Date & Time:
Jun 30, 2025
Type of aircraft:
Cessna 208A Caravan
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Humanitarian
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kigali - Minembwe
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane was approaching Minembwe when it was shot down by FARDC soldiers and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. Both pilots were injured as well as two people on the ground, a woman and her child. The airplane was apparently performing a humanitarian flight, carrying medics from Kigali. DRC Government reported that the airplane entered the Congolese airspace without permission and that the airplane failed to have any registration marks on the fuselage. The exact circumstances of the mishap remains unclear.
Probable cause:
Shot down by FARDC soldiers.
