<![CDATA[PPRuNe Forums - Rumours & News]]> http://www.pprune.org Reporting Points that may affect our jobs or lives as professional pilots. Also, items that may be of interest to professional pilots. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:23:34 GMT vBulletin 60 http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[PPRuNe Forums - Rumours & News]]> http://www.pprune.org Plane overshoots runway in Congo http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/396369-plane-overshoots-runway-congo.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:05 GMT ---Quote--- Plane misses runway in east Congo, landing in lava By PATRICE CITERA, Associated Press Writer Patrice Citera, Associated Press Writer –...
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Plane misses runway in east Congo, landing in lava

By PATRICE CITERA, Associated Press Writer Patrice Citera, Associated Press Writer – 56 mins ago

KINSHASA, Congo – A U.N.-run radio station says a passenger plane overshot a runway in eastern Congo and landed in lava, injuring 20 people.

Radio Okapi said the plane was flying from Kinshasa to Goma on Thursday and passengers had warned the crew that there were heavy clouds. One passenger told the station that the plane had landed in lava near Goma's airport.

An official from the U.N. mission in Congo, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he does not have permission to speak with media, said there were 117 passengers aboard.

They included the governor of North Kivu province, who was not hurt.

In April 2008, a DC-9 crashed while failing to lift off from Goma's airport leaving at least 40 people dead. A 2002 volcanic eruption sent lava oozing onto Goma's runway.
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