Plane crash kills 7 people in Congo
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March 6, 2013, Wednesday
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A plane crash in the center of the Congolese city of Goma killed seven people and injured three yesterday.
The Ukrainian pilot of the plane for CAA managed to avoid buildings in the densely populated area, and crashed the plane on the fences in the backyard of a housing plot.
The plane took off from the city of Kananga in the country's southwest, stopped in Lodja and was on its way to Goma before the crash, police said.
"There was a thunderstorm and we heard a loud noise. We went out and saw a plane in the backyard. I didn't realized a plane had crashed, I was under the impression that it was loud thunder," said Lauren Welsh, a resident of the nearby house.
As night fell, the rescue team arrived on site and started tearing apart the plane to extract the bodies of six people. The body of one crew member is still missing, said the airplane company, Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, or CAA.
CAA and rescue authorities confirmed that 10 people were on board. Rescue officials found six dead bodies, including the pilot. An official with the company said five crew were among the dead, one crew member was missing and one passenger was killed. Three Congolese men survived the crash and were taken to the hospital, he said.
The plane crashed due to bad weather conditions, CAA said.
The Ukrainian pilot of the plane for CAA managed to avoid buildings in the densely populated area, and crashed the plane on the fences in the backyard of a housing plot.
The plane took off from the city of Kananga in the country's southwest, stopped in Lodja and was on its way to Goma before the crash, police said.
"There was a thunderstorm and we heard a loud noise. We went out and saw a plane in the backyard. I didn't realized a plane had crashed, I was under the impression that it was loud thunder," said Lauren Welsh, a resident of the nearby house.
As night fell, the rescue team arrived on site and started tearing apart the plane to extract the bodies of six people. The body of one crew member is still missing, said the airplane company, Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, or CAA.
CAA and rescue authorities confirmed that 10 people were on board. Rescue officials found six dead bodies, including the pilot. An official with the company said five crew were among the dead, one crew member was missing and one passenger was killed. Three Congolese men survived the crash and were taken to the hospital, he said.
The plane crashed due to bad weather conditions, CAA said.
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