On 5 September 2005, a Kavatshi Airlines

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crashed on approach to

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, killing all 11 people on board.

Accident

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to Matari Airport in Isiro. At about 07:30 local time, while on final approach to Runway 31 in fog, the aircraft struck a tree, crashed from the airport, and caught fire, killing all 11 people (four crew members and seven passengers) on board. The accident occurred on the same day just an hour after another commercial plane

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crashed shortly after takeoff from Medan with 149 fatalities.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a twin-engine Antonov An-26B, manufacturer's serial number 9005, which had first flown in 1979 and was registered as ''ER-AZT''. The Galaxie Corporation, which did business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Kavatshi Airlines, leased the aircraft from Aerocom in November 2003. The aircraft's airworthiness certificate expired in September 2004, but the aircraft remained in service.

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