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Fri, Aug 04, 2006

Seventeen Lost In DRC Antonov 28 Accident

Plane Impacted Mountain In Stormy Weather

This is a story which is becoming depressingly familiar. An aging Russian-made airliner is down in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with all 17 people onboard lost... including the three Russian crew members.

Local officials say the plane went down on approach to the airport in Bukavu, on a flight from the mining town of Lugushwa about 80 miles to the south. Initial reports say the aircraft impacted a mountainside in bad weather.

The twin turboprop was still on fire when search teams arrived at the crash site.

Crashes involving old, poorly-maintained, Russian-made aircraft are fast becoming the norm in the DRC. The UN says many of the 50 or so private carriers in that country don't even license their planes -- one reason that half of all airlines listed on the European Union's "blacklist" of forbidden or restricted carriers are from the region.

FMI: www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/droc.htm

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