1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crash

On 10 October 1998, a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 flying a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kindu to Kinshasa was shot down by rebel forces shortly after taking off. All 41 occupants on board the aircraft were killed.[1]

1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crash
A Boeing 727 similar to the accident aircraft
Shootdown
Date10 October 1998 (1998-10-10)
SummaryAirliner shootdown
SiteNear Kindu Airport, Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2°57′0″N 25°57′0″E / 2.95000°N 25.95000°E / 2.95000; 25.95000
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 727-30
OperatorLignes Aériennes Congolaises
Registration9Q-CSG
Flight originKindu Airport
DestinationN'djili Airport
Occupants41
Passengers38
Crew3
Fatalities41
Survivors0

Aircraft

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The aircraft involved was a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30, registration 9Q-CSG, that had its maiden flight on 10 March 1965.[1][2]

Description of the event

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The Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30 took off from Kindu Airport (KND/FZOA) on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight to N'djili Airport in Kinshasa with 38 passengers and 3 crew on board. Only 3 minutes into the flight, the rear of the aircraft was struck by a Russian-made shoulder-fired Strela 2 surface-to-air missile launched by rebel forces during the Second Congo War. The captain attempted an emergency landing, but the 727 crashed into a dense jungle near Kindu. All 41 people on board died.[1][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 18 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Airline safety review – Fatal events: hostile action or unlawful Interference with aircraft safety". Flight International: 28. 13–19 January 1999. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ^ "CRASH OF A BOEING 727-30 NEAR KINDU: 41 KILLED". Bureau of Accidents Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Insurgents in Congo Shoot Down an Airliner Carrying 40 People". The New York Times. 11 October 1998. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  5. ^ "No survivors in airliner shot down by DRC rebels". Mail & Guardian. 11 October 1998. Retrieved 10 September 2022.