The 2002 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash occurred on 26 July 2002 when an Africa One

Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 ( NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Tw ...

(9Q-CMC) faced a rejected takeoff at Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport in Kinshasa,

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. As a result of the aborted takeoff, the nose gear and the main gear legs collapsed. The aircraft was reportedly damaged beyond repair.ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 26 9Q-CMC Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH)
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. Retrieved on 14 February 2012. No deaths or injuries occurred. The accident aircraft, which had been carrying dozens of tons of freight goods, had been overloaded. The air company had only declared three tons of freight. Simplice Kibanza, the chairperson of the management committee of the ''

Régie des Voies Aériennes de la République Démocratique du Congo The Air Transport Authority of the Democratic Republic of Congo (French: Régie des Voies Aériennes de la République Démocratique du Congo) (RVA) is the air transportation board of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its head office is at the i ...

'' (RVA), the DRC airspace regulatory agency, announced that as a result of the accident, -- Printed in: ''Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial, and Technical Series, Volume 39''. Blackwell, 2003
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"The decision was taken following the crash of an Antonov 26 belonging to Africa One at Kinshasa airport on July 28th. The plane was overloaded with a dozen tonnes of freight, only three of which the company had declared." the RVA created an emergency action plan to allow for the coordination of emergency services at N'Djili Airport in the event of an accident or incident. The airport previously had no such plan.

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