Cargo plane crashes in DRC
2006-07-07 21:10
Kinshasa - At least one person was killed on Friday when a cargo aircraft belonging to private airline Mango Airlines crashed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN-sponsored Okapi radio said.
A charred body was pulled from the wreckage of the plane by residents of the region of Sake, a village situated around 20km from Goma, the regional capital of North Kivu, the radio station reported.
Officials at Goma airport confirmed the crash of the Antonov aircraft but did not say what caused the plane to crash or confirm the final death toll.
Director of Goma airport Bikoro Nakaziba said: "The plane did not have passengers. We do not yet know how many crewmembers there were. There are apparently no survivors."
The plane had left Goma shortly after 14:00 for Kisangani in the north east of the country without experiencing problems, he said.
- SAPA