Ukrainian Cargo Airways Ilyushin IL-76MD plane crash
Kinshasa, Congo
8th May, 2003

Updated on 30th January 2010

The cargo aircraft was leased to the Congolese Ministry of Defense and had been operating in Congo since December, 2002 (the aircraft had the ability to carry passengers). On a passenger flight from Kinshasha to Lubumbashi, at an altitude of FL330 (i.e 33000 ft), the aircraft's rear cargo door opened, ejecting at least 140 occupants from the plane. The 140 occupants ejected died. The 60 people that remained onboard survived.