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Kinshasa, the victims of the crash are at least 50

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo - After the disaster, the Congolese Council of Ministers fired the Minister of Transport

The number of the victims of the air crash happened on Thursday in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (see AVIONEWS), rises at 50. According to the Congolese authorities, the Antonov 26 aircraft, chartered by Africa One airline (a carrier which is included in the EU "Black list", see AVIONEWS), crashed near the Kinshasa airport due to an engine failure. Probably the plane was overladen. In fact,...

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Rome, Italy, 10/08/2007 09:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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