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RealClearWorld - AP - International - Apr 29, 2009 - Congo governor reports plane crash; no details (http://www.realclearworld.com/news/ap/international/2009/Apr/29/congo_governor_reports_plane_crash__no_details.html)
readywhenreaching
29th Apr 2009, 18:33
other sources from inside DRC reported it was a 727..
CaptainSandL
29th Apr 2009, 19:05
The Reuters report (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LT619880.htm)said there were 2 crew members on board so would that suggest a 737 rather than a 727?
MikeNYC
29th Apr 2009, 19:38
Aviation Herald reports (http://www.avherald.com/h?article=418d693b&opt=0) the plane as a "Centrafrique Air Express Boeing 727-200, freight flight from Brazzaville (Congo) to Harare (Zimbabwe) with 2 crew, is reported crashed southeast of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the village of Massamba about 80 km south of Kenge and about 140nm from Brazzaville, around 6am local (05:00Z)." (more on Aviation Herald (http://www.avherald.com/h?article=418d693b&opt=0)).
Update: As noted below, AV Herald now reports type as 737, not 727.
The same link now says B-732, might be TL-ADR.
BouncingBlueMeatBall
29th Apr 2009, 21:12
AA's logo is still visible on the tail of that 72 ........... but it's a long time since it got any Tulsa TLC!
Their 73 doesn't look in much better cosmetic shape. Real Cockroach Corner candidates. God help the poor b*gg*rs who fly them.
TangoLima
30th Apr 2009, 10:41
not Centreafrique Air Express for sure. Must be a Congo registered Aircraft.
For sure 100 % not TL-ADR as I just called them( TL-ADR crew)
I have leased those guys several times, and just called them, they are all safe.
PS: Their Pilots come from Western Countries and non is an Algerian or local.
BUSHJEPPY
30th Apr 2009, 12:22
It could be then TL-ADM as it is reported now that it was a Bako Air 732 with 7 crew members onboard and it was going for heavy maintenance to HRE after it was stored for years in BGF...
Crash d'avion en RDC: 7 morts
BANGUI - Le Boeing 737 qui s'est écrasé mercredi dans l'ouest de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) transportait au total 7 personnes, toutes membres de l'équipage et qui sont décédées dans l'accident, a affirmé jeudi à l'AFP à Bangui le ministre centrafricain des Transports.
"Cet accident a fait sept morts: le pilote, le co-pilote et cinq autres membres de l'équipage", a déclaré le ministre, Parfait Anicet Mbay, dans la capitale centrafricaine d'où l'avion avait décollé mercredi à destination de Harare.
A bord de l'appareil appartenant à la compagnie privée centrafricaine Bako, se trouvaient "deux Camerounais, deux Congolais (du Congo-Brazzaville), un Centrafricain, un Zimbabwéen et un Français", a-t-il ajouté, précisant que l'origine de l'accident n'était pas immédiatement déterminée.
Mercredi soir, une source aéroportuaire à Kinshasa avait indiqué à l'AFP que l'avion avait à son bord un pilote algérien et un co-pilote congolais (Congo Brazzaville) lorsqu'il s'est écrasé en atterrissant à l'aéroport de Kenge, dans la province du Bandundu.
Plus tard, le ministre des Transports du Congo-Brazzaville, Emile Ouosso, avait de son côté affirmé à l'AFP que l'appareil, immatriculé en Centrafrique et appartenant à un particulier centrafricain, n'avait pas volé depuis un ans.
Selon son homologue centrafricain jeudi, l'avion "a d'abord passé deux ans à Douala (sud du Cameroun) avant d'être transféré à Bangui".
Le Boeing avait quitté Bangui pour être réparé à Harare, la Centrafrique n'ayant "pas de compétence technique pour le dépannage de ce genre d'avion. (...) Les procédures établies ont été observées avant que cet avion ne soit autorisé à aller faire son bilan", a encore dit le ministre Mbay.
(©AFP / 30 avril 2009 13h57)
Istorik
30th Apr 2009, 16:26
TL-ADM one month ago at Bangui:
http://s39.radikal.ru/i086/0904/4a/97cfa4ebd643.jpg
alexmcfire
30th Apr 2009, 17:11
Seem like a company called TAC was the final owner,
TN-TAC Trans Air Congo (TAC) Boeing 737-275(A) - cn 22264 / ln 753 - Planespotters.net Just Aviation (http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/Boeing/737/22264,TN-TAC-Trans-Air-Congo-(TAC).php)
28 year old airplane.
Brookmans Park
30th Apr 2009, 17:38
The mere fact of being 28 years old is not unsafe, being in Africa and not having flown for in excess of 1 year is of some significance
TangoLima
30th Apr 2009, 18:25
BAKO AIR is owned by a Private citizen of Central Africa.
TAC is owned by Wings of Lebanon and they are operating normal in Congo since more than 15 yrs..
atpcliff
4th May 2009, 09:41
Hi.
Thanx for that corrrection of the CentrAfrique Air Express. I had just photographed that plane, and felt bad that I thought it had crashed a few days later...
RIP to the Bako Air crew.
cliff
NBO
DownIn3Green
5th May 2009, 02:51
I flew for TAC on the 727 for a 4 month contract (via Brookfield, BTY) from 6/2001 - 10/2001 and had no problems...just typical African aviation style operations...
CargoMatatu
5th May 2009, 07:27
Apart from all that, has anybody heard any rumours or news as to what might have happened? :rolleyes:
An AP Report (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hnrUnZY3YMpbuIXnDRn-b1SRbkEgD97T0LR00) puts the death toll at 7, and quotes the Congo CAA Director as saying that there was an explosion, which tore the plane apart in flight.