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On 4 March 2013, a
The aircraft involved in the accident was a twin-turboprop
Fokker 50
The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner, designed as an improved version of the successful Fokker F27 Friendship. The Fokker 60 is a stretched freighter version of the Fokker 50. Both aircraft were manufactured and supported by Dutch airc ...
operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation on a domestic cargo flight from Lodja
Lodja is a remote town in the Sankuru (formerly Kasaï-Oriental) province in central Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is serviced by the Lodja Airport which is about from town. Lodja is a hub for both rice production in the province and dia ...
to Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, crashed in poor weather on approach to Goma Airport
Goma International Airport is an airport serving Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.
History
Initially built with a paved 3000 m runway and a large terminal and apron, the airport has not recovered from the 2 ...
. There were nine people on board, of which six were killed. No fatalities were reported on the ground, despite the aircraft crashing into a populated area.
Accident
The aircraft was two minutes from touching down at Goma airport on a cargo service fromLodja Airport
Lodja Airport is an airport serving Lodja, a city in Sankuru, Sankuru Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is north of the city.
The Lodja VHF omnidirectional range, VOR (ident: LJA) is on the airfield. Lodja Non-directional beacon, N ...
, west of Goma. At 17:55 local time, the aircraft crashed in an empty lot in the middle of the city. No distress calls were made prior to the crash.
There were nine people on board the aircraft, including six airline employees—a crew of five and a security guard—and three passengers. All six employees were killed in the accident. Except for the pilot, a 46-year-old Russian national named Alexander Bazhenov, the dead were all from the Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
. The Russian consul to the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed that a Russian national was on board.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident was a twin-turboprop Fokker 50
The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner, designed as an improved version of the successful Fokker F27 Friendship. The Fokker 60 is a stretched freighter version of the Fokker 50. Both aircraft were manufactured and supported by Dutch airc ...
, powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B engines; it first flew in 1992 with registration PH-LXJ. Having serial number
A serial number is a unique identifier assigned incrementally or sequentially to an item, to ''uniquely'' identify it.
Serial numbers need not be strictly numerical. They may contain letters and other typographical symbols, or may consist enti ...
20270, it was delivered to AirUK in 1994 and re-registered G-UKTE. This registration was kept following the rebranding of Air UK to KLM uk
KLM uk was the brand name of a British airline subsidiary of KLM, which operated services within the UK and between the UK and the Netherlands using ATR-72, Fokker 50 and Fokker 100 aircraft. KLM uk had its headquarters in the Stansted House ...
in 1998. KLM Cityhopper
KLM Cityhopper is the regional airline subsidiary of KLM, headquartered in Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands. It is based at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. As a subsidiary of Air France–KLM, it is an affiliate of SkyTeam. The airli ...
re-registered the aircraft as PH-LXJ in 2003, and returned it to the lessor in 2010. In March of the same year, it was re-registered 9Q-CBD and delivered to Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation. The aircraft was 20 years old at the time of the accident.
Aftermath
Following the crash, the Ministry of Transport of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a re-certification of all airlines having an operator's certificate issued in the country that were subject to a ban in the European Union.See also
*List of airlines banned in the EU
The European Union (EU) publishes a list of air carriers that are banned from entering the airspace of any of its member states, usually for failing to meet EU regulatory oversight standards. The first version of the list was published in 200 ...
* Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
References
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