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Shootdown | |
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Date | 10 October 1998 |
Summary | Airliner shootdown |
Site | Near
Kindu Airport,
Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2°57′0″N 25°57′0″E / 2.95000°N 25.95000°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-30 |
Operator | Lignes Aériennes Congolaises |
Registration | 9Q-CSG |
Flight origin | Kindu Airport |
Destination | N'djili Airport |
Occupants | 41 |
Passengers | 38 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 41 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 10 October 1998, a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 flying a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kindu to Kinshasawas shot down by rebel forces shortly after taking off. All 41 occupants on board the aircraft were killed. [1]
The aircraft involved was a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30, registration 9Q-CSG, that had its maiden flight on 10 March 1965. [1] [2]
The Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30 took off from Kindu Airport (KND/FZOA) on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight to N'djili Airport in Kinshasa with 38 passengers and 3 crew on board. Only 3 minutes into the flight, the rear of the aircraft was struck by a Russian-made shoulder-fired Strela 2 surface-to-air missile launched by rebel forces during the Second Congo War. The captain attempted an emergency landing, but the 727 crashed into a dense jungle near Kindu. All 41 people on board died. [1] [3] [4] [5]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (May 2010) |
Shootdown | |
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Date | 10 October 1998 |
Summary | Airliner shootdown |
Site | Near
Kindu Airport,
Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2°57′0″N 25°57′0″E / 2.95000°N 25.95000°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-30 |
Operator | Lignes Aériennes Congolaises |
Registration | 9Q-CSG |
Flight origin | Kindu Airport |
Destination | N'djili Airport |
Occupants | 41 |
Passengers | 38 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 41 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 10 October 1998, a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 flying a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kindu to Kinshasawas shot down by rebel forces shortly after taking off. All 41 occupants on board the aircraft were killed. [1]
The aircraft involved was a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30, registration 9Q-CSG, that had its maiden flight on 10 March 1965. [1] [2]
The Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30 took off from Kindu Airport (KND/FZOA) on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight to N'djili Airport in Kinshasa with 38 passengers and 3 crew on board. Only 3 minutes into the flight, the rear of the aircraft was struck by a Russian-made shoulder-fired Strela 2 surface-to-air missile launched by rebel forces during the Second Congo War. The captain attempted an emergency landing, but the 727 crashed into a dense jungle near Kindu. All 41 people on board died. [1] [3] [4] [5]