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The aircraft landed 45 metres past the runway 21 threshold at Boma Airfield (runway 21 is 1,082 metres long). The crew started the braking procedure and both engines n°1 & 3 were shut down after a course of about 400-500 metres. At a distance of 200 metres from the runway end, the captain elected to veer to the right to avoid an overrun when the aircraft went down an embankment and came to rest in a 8 metres deep ravine, bursting into flames. Four people were injured and five others were killed. The aircraft was destroyed.

En route, the pilot encountered technical problems and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The twin engine airplane crashed 16 km from Kasangulu and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

The aircraft failed to takeoff from Thysville Airport and crashed in a field. Both crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was written off. They were engaged in a humanitarian flight on behalf of the UNO.

The twin engine airplane departed Léopoldville on a regular scheduled service to Boma with an intermediate stop in Luozi. On board were one pilot and six passengers including a child. Following a normal approach, the aircraft touched down 560 metres past the runway threshold which is marked by concrete curbs. The aircraft bounced several times and veered off course to the right. At the point where the curbs mark the end of the runway threshold, the right wing grazes the tall grass along the runway edge. Due to erosion caused by rainwater, the right wheel enters a dip between the runway surface and the right edge of the runway threshold. The impact of the right wheel against the concrete edge of the runway threshold further accentuated the rightward deviation, and the aircraft veered off runway and entered the grassy lateral clearance area. After a course of about 30 metres, the left wheel strikes a hole, causing the left main landing gear to collapse. The airplane came to a stop, bursting into flames. All seven occupants escaped, the pilot and a passenger were slightly injured. The airplane was totally destroyed by fire.

The twin engine airplane departed Leopoldville in the morning on a flight to Angola, carrying one passenger, an aerial photographer, and three crew members, one pilot, one navigator and one mechanic. En route, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and because the airplane was not equipped with radio communication system or radiocompas, the pilot decided to land at Thysville Airfield (now Mbanza-Ngungu). After the airplane was refueled, the pilot started the takeoff procedure from a grassy 593-meter long runway. The airplane rolled on the entire distance then rolled outside the runway, in tall grass, causing the right wheel to detach. The airplane continued to climb with a speed of 80 mph then started to descend as its speed was decreasing to 60 mph. In a constant left turn, the pilot attempted an emergency landing 4 km southwest of the airfield. The airplane came to a halt, bursting into flames. All four occupants escaped uninjured while the airplane was totally destroyed by fire.

After takeoff, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It impacted bushes and crashed. One occupant was killed and the second was injured.

The pilot was attempting a world record from Cape Town to Croydon. While flying over the delta of the Congo River, the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances off Muanda, Bas Congo. The pilot was killed.