Congo crash
 

Reuters and AP are reporting the crash of a cargo plane on the Congolese city of Goma. Reuters say its a B727 and AP that its a DC9. It has crashed onto buildings. No reports of casualties as yet.

Breaking News


At least 78 people killed when DC-9 plane crashes in Democratic Republic of Congo, foreign ministry tells CNN.


EagleStar

Hewa Bora Airways.

Added to the EU blacklist just last Friday.

11 APR 2008 EU updates blacklist: adds Ukraine Cargo Airways and Hewa Bora
The European Commission adopted the seventh update of the "blacklist". The Commission is imposing a ban on all operations of Ukraine Cargo Airways as well as on all operations of the Congolese carrier Hewa Bora Airways.

The BBC, quoting comments from the Red Cross, are reporting 70 dead with the remainder suffering life threating injuries.

CNN are reporting 83 dead. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa...ash/index.html

Remarkable insight.......
 

'Ghonda said the cause of Tuesday's crash is under investigation but initial indications point to an overloaded cabin.'

First picture here

http://www.crash-aerien.com/forum/vi...?p=44638#44638

Congo Aircrash?
 

Balanced field length?

TODA?

Looks like a bit too much of a gamble and jiggle with figures to make the requirements?

What requirements?

Sorry purely speculative!

VG300

If the picture on crash-aerien is the right one, then it's DC-9.

Edited: C'est donc bien un DC9. Obviously.

6 survivers including 2 crew acording to the independant.
pictures of people throwing buckets of water on the fire

..http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...ty-809281.html

Photo Caption Translation......
 

Inverseurs de flux droits semblent sortis. Cela confirmerait qu'ils essayaient de s'arrêter !

Thrust reversers appear deployed, which would confirm they were trying to stop.

BBC World Service reported both the Captain and FO survived. They had a recording from a British-sounding eyewitness who claimed the plane barely left the ground, if at all, before crashing into the neighbourhoods at the end of the runway. They also described people throwing buckets of water on the aircraft as shown in one of the links above. If the report is to be believed, the only fire cover that arrived was a water truck with an inadequate pump manned by Indian members of the UN peacekeeping force.

BBC
 

I'm not really surprised after seeing this video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mEN_mwn_NaM

It would be news if they hadnt crashed. :ugh:

Here more infos about that sad occurence...

http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/viewto...=45882#p223302

CNN now report 18 dead and prob ENG failure...

1,500-meter (5,089-ft) elevation, 2,000-meter (6,545ft) runway (current length - shortened from original length by lava flow as alluded to in the CNN story).

You can see where the brown lava flow "ate" the north end of the runway here: http://www.world-airport-codes.com/zaire/goma-2619.html

Doesn't leave much leeway - even a factory-fresh B717-200 requires 7,600 at MTOW!

Weather in English: Cloudy with showers. High 73F, humidity 60%. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Can't find a METAR.

Hand-buckets to put out a jet-A (or rough approximation) fire - I give those rescuers credit for guts!

Hewa Bora
 

ABC news here says an American family of 4 walked away from the crash

Blowing Tire
 

http://www.lesoir.be/actualite/monde...5-591863.shtml Le soir, a belgian newspaper said that a blowing tire at high speed may be the cause of the accident. The pilot try to stop the plane but loose control. I think it was too late to stop the plane.