Tuesday, April 5, 2011

32 killed in UN plane crash


Four crew members and 29 United Nations personnel were killed when the UN plane that carried them crashed while landing in Congo’s capital Kinshasa. All the passengers on board, except one, is dead, confirmed a UN spokesperson. On the plane, which was traveling from Kisangani to Kinshasa, were members of the UN peace keeping force and some UN staff members.

It has been reported that the CRJ-100 jet busted in two and went up in flames when the pilot was attempting to land the plane.

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