Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952
| Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952 | |
|---|---|
 9Q-COP 14 months before the crash |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | unknown |
| place | Kisangani-Bangoka Airport , Kisangani , Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| date | July 8, 2011 |
| Fatalities | approx. 74 |
| Survivors | approx. 44 |
| Injured | about 40 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727 |
| operator | Hewa Bora Airways |
| Mark | 9Q-COP |
| Departure airport | Ndjili Airport , Kinshasa , Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Destination airport | Kisangani-Bangoka Airport , Kisangani , Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Passengers | about 112 |
| crew | about 6 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The scheduled flight Hewa Bora Airways flight 952 from Kinshasa to Kisangani (both DR Congo ) ended in an aircraft accident in which on July 8, 2011 a Boeing 727 crashed while approaching Kisangani-Bangoka Airport.
accident
The accident occurred around 3:00 p.m. local time while approaching Kisangani-Bangoka Airport. At that time it was raining heavily and visibility was limited. The exact cause of the accident is currently unknown.
According to the airline Hewa Bora Airways, there were a total of 118 people on flight 952, of which 6 were crew members. However, these numbers differ from different sources.
Among the victims was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Isangi , Camille Lembi Zaneli .
Effects
A landing ban is in force against the airline Hewa Bora Airways in the European Union .
After the crash of Flight 952, the Ministry of Transport of the Democratic Republic of the Congo also revoked the airline's license on July 13, 2011. It later resumed operations under the new name flyCongo .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Description of the accident B-727-100 9Q-COP AviationSafetyNetwork
- ↑ 51 survivors, 127 dead in Congo plane wreck, officials say
- ↑ a b Crash: Hewa Bora B721 at Kisangani on Jul 8th 2011, missed runway on landing
- ↑ Congo: nell'incidente aereo di Kisangani è anche il morto vescovo di Isangi mons. Lembi Zaneli ( Memento from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ List of airlines with landing bans in the EU