Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Plane Crash UN in Congo, there are 32 dead

A plane of the Organization of the United Nations (UN) crashed while attempting to land at the airport in Kinshasa, Congo's capital, leaving 32 people dead and one survivor. "We can confirm only one survivor of the 33 people aboard the plane (...)" said UN spokesman in New York, Farhan Haq. A UN source in Kinshasa, who declined to be identified, said the plane landed hard, "broke in two and burst into flames." In New York, the head of the mission of UN peacekeeping, Alain Le Roy, said the flight carrying four crewmembers and 24 passengers were believed were agency staff.

The other five were working for NGOs, he added. The aircraft, a Bombardier CRJ-200, took off from the Congolese town of Kisangani and when that was going to land there were strong winds.

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