Plane crash in Congo kills at least 33

by Dave Keating | April 16, 2008 at 03:29 am | 186 views | add comment

A plane crash has taken place in the Congo, kiling 33.

A Congolese airliner crashed into a market district in the eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, killing at least 33 people and injuring 80, the government said.

The Hewa Bora Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ploughed into a crowded neighbourhood of Goma, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern North Kivu Province, after bad weather forced the pilot to abort take-off.

Government spokesman Esdras Kambale said in a broadcast on national television that 33 people were killed and 80 injured in the crash, but gave no further details.

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April 16, 2008 at 03:29 am by Dave Keating, 186 views, add comment

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