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Old 27th Jul 2011, 18:13
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... you read stuff like this :


The airline's chairmain said that there were 110 people on board, 53 occupants survived, 46 bodies have been recovered, 11 people are unaccounted for.

On Jul 8th the provincial governor reported 42 occupants have been rescued alive, 68 bodies were recovered, the search for the remaining people is still ongoing.

On Jul 13th the provincial governor reported 43 survivors are in hospital care in various hospitals of Kisangani, 75 occupants have perished.

DR Congo's central government said, 49 occupants of the aircraft were rescued alive, 63 people died in the accident.

Other government sources later released figures of 53 survivors and 127 casualties explaining the airline had underestimated the number of occupants.
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