Cargo Plane Crashes on Market in Congo, at Least 17 Killed

World | October 4, 2007, Thursday // 00:00
Cargo Plane Crashes on Market in Congo, at Least 17 Killed At least 17 people died after a cargo plane crashed into a busy market in Congo's capital city of Kinshasa. Photo by BBC

At least 17 people died after a cargo plane crashed into a busy market in Congo's capital city of Kinshasa, BBC reported on Thursday.

The Antonov 26 cargo plane owned by the Congolese airline, Africa 1, came down in the Kingasani residential area near Ndili airport around 1030 (0930 GMT).

An airport official, who went to the crash site, said at least four houses had been set alight and that everyone in the houses and the plane were likely to have been killed.

Air accidents are frequent in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where many airlines fly ageing planes.

In 1996, more than 300 people were killed when an Antonov 32 aircraft ploughed into a busy market soon after taking off from an airport in Kinshasa.

Last year, the European Union banned all but one of the country's air companies, including Africa 1, from operating in Europe.

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