Accident | |
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Date | 4 October 2007 |
Summary | Under investigation [needs update] |
Site | N'djili Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 4°24′S 15°25′E / 4.40°S 15.41°E |
Total fatalities | 51 (including 30 on the ground)[1] |
Total injuries | At least 30 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-26 |
Operator | Malift Air |
Registration | 9Q-COS |
Occupants | 22 |
Passengers | 17[1] |
Crew | 5 |
Injuries | 1 (possibly 2) |
Survivors | 1 (possibly 2) |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 30 |
Ground injuries | At least 29 (or 28) |
The 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash occurred when a twin engine Antonov An-26, belonging to the Congolese air carrier Africa One, crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on 4 October 2007. The flight left N'djili at 10:43 local time bound for Tshikapa, a distance of 650 kilometres (400 mi; 350 nmi) to the east.[2][3]
2007 Antonov An-26 crash
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