Officially 9 people aboard - 6 crew including 2 pilots, 1 mechanic, 2 hostess and 1 baggage handler - 3 passengers all survived.
This is the 6th accident which resulted in a total hull loss for CAA which has been operating since 1993 but remarkably the first in which lives were lost.
Heavy rain, poor visibility and strong gusty winds were present at the airport at the time of the accident, but the airport remained open despite a directive to close operations during such occasions issued after the crash in Kisangani.
Residents in Goma reported hail at the time of the accident.
The aircraft hit power lines and trees on final before reaching the runway.
The ILS at this international airport has been U/S for 10 years already despite the presence of a large Monusco(UN) air base.
The VOR/DME is intermittent at Goma Intl.
Works on extending the runway by 500mts to 2500mts by removing the lava have NOT been completed after 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent.
No radar facilities exist despite being Congo's busiest airport.
No lighting of any sort exists such as RWY, PAPI or Approach.
Strangely similiar to Hewa Bora's accident in Kisangani in 2011 and the United nations accident in Kinshasa the same year.......all three accidents involved aircraft trying to land at international airports with non functioning ILS ground equipment which has been unservicable since 10 years during heavy rain.....
