"Many dead" as Congolese plane crashes in Kinshasa


  • World
  • Thursday, 04 Oct 2007

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A Russian-made cargo plane with 17 people on board crashed and exploded on Thursday in a teeming neighbourhood of Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, killing many people, officials and witnesses said. 

The Antonov aircraft belonging to Congolese airline Africa 1 came down on several shacks in the Kingasani neighbourhood near Ndjili international airport, the sources said. 

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