DRC LET 410 crash!
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One more LET 410 crash, in DRC/ Lubumbashi
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Apparently a LET 410 crashed yesterday in DRC, probably in the Katanga region!
The only news is that the co-pilot died in the accident!
A little bit more on this:
9Q-CVL , lost an engine on take off from Lubumbashi!
They were going for theyre last flight in DRC, the plane was already sold to a company in Ivory Coast.
Just before a friend of mine saw the guy refueling the plane with bucket (no filter), from a drum!
May be fuel contamination!
The Captain is seriously injured and in deep coma!
Apparently a LET 410 crashed yesterday in DRC, probably in the Katanga region!
The only news is that the co-pilot died in the accident!
A little bit more on this:
9Q-CVL , lost an engine on take off from Lubumbashi!
They were going for theyre last flight in DRC, the plane was already sold to a company in Ivory Coast.
Just before a friend of mine saw the guy refueling the plane with bucket (no filter), from a drum!
May be fuel contamination!
The Captain is seriously injured and in deep coma!
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I have a horrible feeling that this was the two nice blokes we met at Mbandaka the other day. And we get bollocked for demanding proper fuel facilities and a chamois leather
Thoughts, as ever, are with the families. RIP
Thoughts, as ever, are with the families. RIP
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Sorry to be sarcarstic, already how much A/C down in DRC this year ? it is a wery sad day for the DRC aviation.
When it will be the end?
does someone knows what happend with the DRC airline audit done by the UN last winter?
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When it will be the end?
does someone knows what happend with the DRC airline audit done by the UN last winter?
Cheers
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Some press reports claim the aircraft overran the runway on landing at Malemba Nkulu and ended up in a cemetery (why are cemetries always just off the end of runways? Is this the same thing as aircraft 'just missing' schools/hospitals that the media love to report?). Is there an airstrip at Malemba Nkulu or was this a forced landing away from an airstrip that the press have misunderstood? Would welcome some more details of the accident circumstances if anyone has them.
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Pix & medical report from malemba Nkulu
I have a "report" from the crash ,with pictures, done by a Doctor!
(In french only)
If your are interested , send me a message with a email adress!
Cheers!
(In french only)
If your are interested , send me a message with a email adress!
Cheers!
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...Just to be precise, the report I have is not made by the DRC CAA !
It's not a news that they are inexistant!
No need to read a UN report for that!... But FR&ASS, do you mind to share the link to the UN report for the others!?
Thank you!
It's not a news that they are inexistant!
No need to read a UN report for that!... But FR&ASS, do you mind to share the link to the UN report for the others!?
Thank you!
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Can you e-mail me that report as i will need to pass it on to company officials that are going to the now booming Lubumbashi and Kolwezi regions.
Thanks in advance
CJ750
Can you e-mail me that report as i will need to pass it on to company officials that are going to the now booming Lubumbashi and Kolwezi regions.
Thanks in advance
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I can confirm that there is definately a strip at malemba Nkulu, laterite if I remember right, can't remember how long (I was in a C206, length not normally a problem).
