Congo Plane Crash

At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a densely populated area of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

An Indian police officer deployed to the UN mission in Congo and a consultant with the UN development programme killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash are among 115 UN peacekeepers and staff honoured by the global organisation for their sacrifice in the line of duty.

A plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo that left 18 people dead in 2010 may have been caused by a crocodile!

A plane crash in the eastern city of Goma has killed 36 passengers, according to Congolese officials.

Dozens of people were killed when a plane crashed into a residential area of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in bad weather on Monday, police said.

A cargo plane crashed into houses near Brazzaville airport while attempting to land during a thunderstorm on Friday evening, killing at least 32 people, a Congolese Red Cross official said on Saturday.

The death toll from the passenger plane crash in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 74, the Red Cross said, after the discovery of 28 more bodies in the wreckage."There are 74 bodies in the morgue at Kisangani general hospital, of which 28 were brought in this morning," the organisation's Congolese secretary general Mario-Real Shut...

A passenger plane crashed on Friday in the giant Central African nation of Congo, and officials said at least 40 people had survived though the death toll was unknown.The plane was heading from Congo's capital to Kisangani in the country's northeast. It was the latest of several deadly accidents that have plagued Congo's largest airline."I confirm ...

A United Nations plane crashed as it was landing in Kinshasa, Congo, on Monday, killing 32 of the 33 people aboard, United Nations officials said.The plane, traveling from the city of Kisangani on the Congo river, was carrying 29 passengers and four crew members, a United Nations official said. The passengers included peacekeepers, United Nations o...

At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a densely populated area of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

An Indian police officer deployed to the UN mission in Congo and a consultant with the UN development programme killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash are among 115 UN peacekeepers and staff honoured by the global organisation for their sacrifice in the line of duty.

A plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo that left 18 people dead in 2010 may have been caused by a crocodile!

A plane crash in the eastern city of Goma has killed 36 passengers, according to Congolese officials.

Dozens of people were killed when a plane crashed into a residential area of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in bad weather on Monday, police said.

A cargo plane crashed into houses near Brazzaville airport while attempting to land during a thunderstorm on Friday evening, killing at least 32 people, a Congolese Red Cross official said on Saturday.

The death toll from the passenger plane crash in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 74, the Red Cross said, after the discovery of 28 more bodies in the wreckage."There are 74 bodies in the morgue at Kisangani general hospital, of which 28 were brought in this morning," the organisation's Congolese secretary general Mario-Real Shut...

A passenger plane crashed on Friday in the giant Central African nation of Congo, and officials said at least 40 people had survived though the death toll was unknown.The plane was heading from Congo's capital to Kisangani in the country's northeast. It was the latest of several deadly accidents that have plagued Congo's largest airline."I confirm ...

A United Nations plane crashed as it was landing in Kinshasa, Congo, on Monday, killing 32 of the 33 people aboard, United Nations officials said.The plane, traveling from the city of Kisangani on the Congo river, was carrying 29 passengers and four crew members, a United Nations official said. The passengers included peacekeepers, United Nations o...