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29 aircraft accidents in Congo since 2000

List of the 29 aircraft accidents in Congo since 2000 :

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Airline : Serve Air Cargo
Aircraft : Boeing 737-3YOF
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Location : Kinshasa, Congo
People on board : ?
Fatalities : 0
Serve Air Cargo Boeing 737 freighter with an unknown number of people onboard runs off the runway in Congo
The Boeing 737-300 freighter operated by Serve Air Cargo took off from an unknown point of origin to Kinshasa N'djili, DR Congo. The plane veered off the runway while landing at Kinshasa…
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Airline : Transcep Congo Aviation
Aircraft : Antonov AN-28
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Location : Bukavu, Congo
People on board : 3
Fatalities : 3
Transcep Congo Aviation Antonov 28 with 3 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Antonov AN-28 operated by Transcep Congo Aviation took off from Bukavu, DR Congo, for a freight flight to Kasese, DR Congo. 3 crewmembers were onboard. The plane was declared missing about…
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Airline : Malu Aviation
Aircraft : Short 360-300
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Location : Shabunda, Congo
People on board : 9
Fatalities : 5
Malu Aviation Short 360-300 with 9 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Shorts 360 operated by Malu Aviation took off from Goma, DR Congo, for a cargo flight to Shabunda, DR Congo. 6 passengers and 3 crewmembers were onboard. The plane was on approach to…
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Airline : Kin Avia
Aircraft : Let L-410UVP-E
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Location : Bukavu, Congo
People on board : 3
Fatalities : 3
Kin Avia Let L-410 with 3 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Let L-410 operated by Kin Avia took off from Bukavu, DR Congo, for a freight flight to Shabunda, DR Congo. 1 passenger and 2 crewmembers were onboard, as well as 1.6 tons of iron roof…
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Airline : Busy Bee Congo
Aircraft : Dornier 228-201
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Location : Goma, Congo
People on board : 19
Fatalities : 19 + 7 on ground
Busy Bee Congo Dornier 228 with 19 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Dornier 228-201 operated by A Busy Bee Congo took off from Goma, DR Congo, for a passenger flight to Beni, DR Congo. 17 passengers and 2 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed…
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Airline : Gomair
Aircraft : Antonov An-26B
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Location : Kinshasa, Congo
People on board : 7
Fatalities : 7
Gomair Antonov An-26B with 7 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Antonov AN-26 operated by Gomair took off from Tshikapa, Congo, for a cargo flight to Kinshasa, Congo. 7 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed while descending towards the…
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Airline : CAA
Aircraft : Fokker F-50
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Location : Goma, Congo
People on board : 9
Fatalities : 6
CAA Fokker F-50 with 9 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Fokker 50 operated by CAA Compagnie Africaine Aviation took off from Lodja, Congo, for a cargo flight to Goma, Congo. 6 crewmember, 3 passengers and freight were onboard. The plane crashed…
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Airline : Aero Service
Aircraft : Ilyushin IL-76T
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Location : Brazzaville, Congo
People on board : 7
Fatalities : 7 + 25 on ground
Aero Service Ilyushin IL-76T with 7 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Ilyhushin IL-76T freighter operated by Aero Services took off from Pointe Noire, Congo, for a cargo flight to Brazzaville, Congo. 6 crewmembers and one passenger were onboard. The plane…
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Airline : Congo Government
Aircraft : Gulfstream IV
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Location : Bukavu, Congo
People on board : 6
Fatalities : 3
Congo Government Gulfstream IV with 6 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Gulfstream IV business jet operated by the Congo Government took off from Goma, Congo, for a private flight to Bukavu, Congo. Four passengers and two crewmembers were onboard. The plane…
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Airline : TRACEP
Aircraft : Antonov AN-28
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Location : Namoya, Congo
People on board : 5
Fatalities : 3
TRACEP Antonov 28 with 5 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Antonov 28 operated by TRACEP took off from Bukavu, Congo, on a cargo flight to Namoya, Congo. Three passengers and two crewmembers were onboard. The airplane was carrying also 2 tons of…
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Airline : Hewa Bora Airways
Aircraft : Boeing 727-100
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Location : Kisangani, Congo
People on board : 118
Fatalities : 74
Hewa Bora Airways Boeing 727 with 118 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Boeing 727-100 operated by Hewa Bora took off from Kinshasa, Congo, for a passenger flight to Kisangani, Congo. 112 passengers and 6 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed on landing…
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Airline : United Nations (UN)
Aircraft : Canadair CRJ-100ER
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Location : Kinshasa, Congo
People on board : 33
Fatalities : 32
United Nations (UN) Canadair CRJ-100ER with 33 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Canadair CRJ-100ER, operated on behalf of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), took off from Kisangani, Congo, to…
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Airline : Trans Air Congo
Aircraft : Antonov AN-12BP
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Location : Pointe Noire, Congo
People on board : 4
Fatalities : 4 + 19 on ground
Trans Air Congo Antonov 12BP with 4 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Antonov AN-12 cargo, operated by Trans Air Congo, took off from Brazzaville, Congo, bound to Pointe Noire, Congo. Four crewmember were onboard. The plane crashed while approaching Pointe…
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Airline : TRACEP
Aircraft : Let 410UVP
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Location : Bugulumisa, Congo
People on board : 2
Fatalities : 2
TRACEP Let 410UVP with 2 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Let 410 plane, operated by TRACEP, was on a cargo Flight from Bukavu, Congo, to Shabunda, Congo. 2 crewmember were onboard. The plane crashed shortly after take-off, killing both…
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Airline : Filair
Aircraft : Let 410UVP
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Location : Bandundu, Congo
People on board : 21
Fatalities : 20
Filair Let 410UVP with 21 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Filair LET L-410 was performing a passenger flight from Kinshasa, Congo, to Bandundu, Congo, with 18 passengers and 3 crewmembers. The plane crashed into a house about 2 km from Bandundu…
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Airline : Aero-Service
Aircraft : CASA C-212-CB
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Location : Avima, Congo
People on board : 11
Fatalities : 11
Aero-Service CASA C-212-CB with 11 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Aero Service Casa C-212-100 Aviocar, performing a charter flight from Yaounde, Cameroon, to Yangadou, Congo, with 9 passengers and 2 crewmembers, was enroute when it crashed near Avima,…
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Airline : CAA
Aircraft : Boeing 727-231F
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Location : Kinshasa, Congo
People on board : ?
Fatalities : 0
CAA Boeing 727 freighter with an unknown number of people onboard crashes in Congo
The CAA (Compagnie Africaine Aviation) Boeing 727-200 performing a freight flight from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, to Kananga, Democratic Republic of Congo, suffered a hydraulics…
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Airline : Aero Fret Business
Aircraft : Antonov AN-12BK
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Location : Brazzaville, Congo
People on board : 6
Fatalities : 6
Aero Fret Business Antonov 12BK with 6 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Aero Fret Business Antonov 12 cargo plane departed Pointe Noire, Congo, bound for Brazzaville, Congo. The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed at Nganga Lingolo, Congo, killing all six…
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Airline : Air Serv International
Aircraft : Beechcraft 1900C
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Location : Bukavu, Congo
People on board : 17
Fatalities : 17
Air Serv International Beechcraft 1900C with 17 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Beechcraft 1900 operating on behalf of Air Serv International departed Kinshasa, Congo, on a humanitarian flight to Goma, Congo. 15 passengers and 2 crewmembers were onboard. En route…
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Airline : Hewa Bora Airways
Aircraft : DC-9-51
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Location : Goma, Congo
People on board : 85
Fatalities : 3 + 37 on ground
Hewa Bora Airways DC-9-51 with 85 people onboard crashes in Congo
The DC-9 chartered by Hewa Bora Airways was taking off from Goma on a flight to the Congolese capital Kinshasa when it came down in the teeming market district of Birere, a warren of…
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Airline : El Sam Airlift
Aircraft : Antonov AN-26
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Location : Kinshasa, Congo
People on board : 22
Fatalities : 21 + 28 on ground
El Sam Airlift Antonov 26 with 22 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Russian-made Antonov 26 owned by El Sam Airlift, and chartered by Malift Air, was on a passenger flight from Kinshasa, Congo, and Tshikapa, Congo. The plane crashed seconds after take off…
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Airline : Great Lake Business Co.
Aircraft : Antonov AN-32
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Location : Kongolo, Congo
People on board : 15
Fatalities : 14
Great Lake Business Co. Antonov 32 with 15 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Antonov An-32 was on a cargo and passenger flight from Kongolo (Congo), to Goma (Congo), the main city in North Kivu province, with around 9 tonnes of cassiterite (tin oxide) and other…
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Airline : TRACEP
Aircraft : Antonov AN-28
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Location : Bukavu, Congo
People on board : 17
Fatalities : 17
TRACEP Antonov 28 with 17 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Antonov 28 belonging to the local private airline Air Traset was on a flight from the mining town of Lugushwa (130 km south of Bukavu) and carried mining products but also 14 passengers.…
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Airline : General Kikunda
Aircraft : Boeing 737-200
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Location : Kinshasa, Congo
People on board : 7
Fatalities : 7
General Kikunda Boeing 737 with 7 people onboard crashes in Congo
The Boeing 737-200 belonging to General Kikunda (a senior aviation figure in the Democratic Republic of Congo) crashed during a test flight, killing all seven people on board (Kikunda, was…
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Airline : MIBA Aviation
Aircraft : Boeing 727
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Location : Maniema, Congo
People on board : 3
Fatalities : 0
MIBA Aviation Boeing 727 with 3 people onboard crashes in Congo
This Boeing 727 from Miba airline skidded off the runway after landing at the national airport of Kindu, near Maniema. All people onboard survived, but the aircraft has been damaged. After…
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Airline : Kavatshi Airlines
Aircraft : Antonov AN-26B
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Location : Isiro, Congo
People on board : 11
Fatalities : 11
Kavatshi Airlines Antonov 26B with 11 people onboard crashes in Congo
The aircraft, on a passenger flight from Beni to Isiro-Matari Airport, crashed while attempting to land. About a mile from the field while on approach to runway 31, the plane impacted a…
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Airline : Victoria Air
Aircraft : Antonov AN-12
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Location : Biega, Congo
People on board : 27
Fatalities : 27
Victoria Air Antonov 12 with 27 people onboard crashes in Congo
The aircraft, on a passenger flight from Goma to Kindu, crashed into a forested cliff approximately 30 minutes after takeoff. All the 27 passengers and crew members were killed.
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Airline : Congolese Air Force
Aircraft : Antonov AN-26
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Location : Boende, Congo
People on board : 24
Fatalities : 20 + 13 on ground
Congolese Air Force Antonov 26 with 24 people onboard crashes in Congo
The aircraft, operating on a passenger flight between Boende and Kinshasa, crashed while attempting its third takeoff attempt after two previous aborted takeoffs. The Antonov overran the…
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Airline : Ukrainian Cargo Airways
Aircraft : Ilyushin IL-76MD
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Location : Kinshasa, Congo
People on board : 200
Fatalities : 140
Ukrainian Cargo Airways Ilyushin IL-76MD with 200 people onboard crashes in Congo
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…

Criteria for the inclusion of an airplane accident in our database

All airplane crashes that happened since January 1st 2000 and matching all the following criteria are part of this database:

  • The accident involves at least one public transport airplane. A flight is considered as public transport when it carries, from point A to point B, passengers or cargo for commercial purposes. Public transport operators must hold a national air operator’s certificate and an operating licence.
  • The accident involves at least one airplane having a maximum take off weight equal or more than 12,000 lb (5,7 tons). This corresponds to the definition of a large aeroplane in the sense of the civil aviation regulation. Airplanes in this category comply with more stringent regulations.
  • The accident resulted in a hull loss of at least one public transport airplane. Hull loss means the airplane is damage beyond repairs.

A few events in that database don’t match with those criteria, such as relevant events of flight tests aircraft, or military transport planes.